THE BIG ISLAND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Clayey High Lime Till Plains setting.
Big Island township has 35.2 square miles of land in Marion County. Its Census reference point is in Clayey High Lime Till Plains, within Eastern Corn Belt Plains.
Rolling glacial till plains are interrupted by end moraines and areas of older, more dissected deposits. The historical landscape had more tree cover than the Central Corn Belt to the west.
Regional context: Eastern Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Big Island and Marion County
Big Island is associated with Marion 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.
Big Island by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Big Island, or 0% of its total area. That share is close to Marion County’s 0.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Big Island township has 80.1 times the land area of nearby New Bloomington village (0.44 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

