THE GARNESS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Missouri Coteau setting.
Garness township has 35.7 square miles of land in Burke County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Missouri Coteau, within Northwestern Glaciated Plains.
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.
Regional context: Northwestern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Garness and Burke County
Garness is associated with Burke County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Garness by land and water
The Census records 0.24 square miles of water within Garness, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 1.6 percentage points lower than the 2.2% recorded for Burke County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Garness township has 1.1 times the land area of nearby Vanville township (33.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

