THE SPRINGFIELD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pre-Wisconsinan Drift Plains setting.
Springfield township has 16.3 square miles of land in Hamilton County. Its Census reference point is in Pre-Wisconsinan Drift 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
Springfield and Hamilton County
Springfield is associated with Hamilton 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.
Springfield by land and water
The Census records 0.33 square miles of water within Springfield, or 2% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points higher than the 1.7% recorded for Hamilton County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Springfield township has 45.8 times the land area of nearby Pleasant Hills CDP (0.36 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

