THE DIXON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northeastern Nebraska Loess Hills setting.
Dixon County has 475.6 square miles of land in Nebraska. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Dixon County: Northeastern Nebraska Loess Hills, Missouri Alluvial Plain.
Glacial till plains and windblown loess hills make up the Western Corn Belt landscape. Near-level and rolling terrain are interspersed with steeper river valleys and hills.
Regional context: Western Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Dixon County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northeastern Nebraska Loess Hills94.6%
- Missouri Alluvial Plain5.4%
Finding your parcel within Dixon County
The atlas lists 23 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Dixon County, including Hooker, Ponca, Newcastle. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Dixon County by land and water
The Census records 7.1 square miles of water within Dixon County, or 1.5% of its total area. That share is close to Dixon County’s 1.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Dixon County has 13.3 times the land area of nearby Galena township (35.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Cedar County, Dakota County, Thurston County, Wayne County within Nebraska. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

