THE MADISON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northeastern Nebraska Loess Hills setting.
Madison County has 572.6 square miles of land in Nebraska. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Madison County: Northeastern Nebraska Loess Hills, Transitional Sandy 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
Madison County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northeastern Nebraska Loess Hills57.9%
- Transitional Sandy Plain42.1%
Finding your parcel within Madison County
The atlas lists 6 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Madison County, including Norfolk, Madison, Tilden. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Madison County by land and water
The Census records 2.84 square miles of water within Madison County, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Madison County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Madison County has 811.1 times the land area of nearby Battle Creek city (0.71 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Antelope County, Boone County, Pierce County, Platte County, Stanton County, Wayne County within Nebraska. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

