THE STANTON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northeastern Nebraska Loess Hills setting.
Stanton County has 427.6 square miles of land in Nebraska. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Stanton 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
Stanton County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northeastern Nebraska Loess Hills84%
- Transitional Sandy Plain16%
Finding your parcel within Stanton County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Stanton County, including Stanton, Woodland Park, Pilger. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Stanton County by land and water
The Census records 3.37 square miles of water within Stanton County, or 0.8% of its total area. That share is close to Stanton County’s 0.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Stanton County has 245.9 times the land area of nearby Stanton city (1.74 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Colfax County, Cuming County, Madison County, Pierce County, Platte County, Wayne County within Nebraska. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

