THE GAHANNA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loamy High Lime Till Plains setting.
Gahanna city has 12.4 square miles of land in Franklin County. Its Census reference point is in Loamy 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
Gahanna and Franklin County
Gahanna is associated with Franklin 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.
Gahanna by land and water
The Census records 0.17 square miles of water within Gahanna, or 1.4% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points lower than the 2.1% recorded for Franklin County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Gahanna city has 86.8% of the land area of nearby Mifflin township (14.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

