THE KNOX COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northeastern Nebraska Loess Hills setting.
Knox County has 1,108.2 square miles of land in Nebraska. 5 mapped landscape regions meet across Knox County: Northeastern Nebraska Loess Hills, Holt Tablelands, Southern River Breaks, among others.
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
Knox County intersects 5 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northeastern Nebraska Loess Hills55.5%
- Holt Tablelands25.3%
- Southern River Breaks12.8%
- Transitional Sandy Plain5.6%
- Sand Hills0.9%
Northwestern Glaciated Plains in Knox County
Glaciated plains bridge the wetter eastern prairie and the drier, more broken Great Plains. Numerous prairie potholes and other seasonal or persistent wetlands are characteristic regional landforms.
Read the regional source ↗Nebraska Sand Hills in Knox County
Grass-covered sand dunes form the Sandhills' distinctive rolling landscape. Lakes and wetlands occur in many areas between dunes, while tree cover is limited away from some river corridors.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Knox County
The atlas lists 42 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Knox County, including Raymond, Hill, Walnut Grove. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Knox County by land and water
The Census records 31.5 square miles of water within Knox County, or 2.8% of its total area. That share is close to Knox County’s 2.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Knox County has 31.2 times the land area of nearby Spade township (35.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Antelope County, Boyd County, Cedar County, Holt County, Pierce County within Nebraska. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

