THE GILSTRAP LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Missouri Plateau setting.
Gilstrap township has 35.9 square miles of land in Adams County. Its Census reference point is in Missouri Plateau, within Northwestern Great Plains.
Rolling semiarid plains are punctuated by buttes, badlands and river breaks. Much of the regional terrain developed on sandstone, siltstone and shale without the leveling influence of continental glaciers.
Regional context: Northwestern Great Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Gilstrap and Adams County
Gilstrap is associated with Adams 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.
Gilstrap by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Gilstrap, or 0% of its total area. That share is close to Adams County’s 0.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Gilstrap township has 1 times the land area of nearby Clermont township (35.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

