THE LINTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Missouri Coteau setting.
Linton township has 34.5 square miles of land in Ward County. Its Census reference point is in 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
Linton and Ward County
Linton is associated with Ward 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.
Linton by land and water
The Census records 1.53 square miles of water within Linton, or 4.3% of its total area. It is 2.2 percentage points higher than the 2.1% recorded for Ward County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Linton township has 99% of the land area of nearby Lund township (34.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

