THE STILLWATER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cross Timbers Transition setting.
Stillwater city has 29.8 square miles of land in Payne County. Its Census reference point is in Cross Timbers Transition, within Central Great Plains.
These plains are lower and somewhat more irregular than the High Plains to the west. Their grassland setting includes rolling terrain and a transition toward greater rainfall in the east.
Regional context: Central Great Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Stillwater and Payne County
Stillwater is associated with Payne 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.
Stillwater by land and water
The Census records 0.51 square miles of water within Stillwater, or 1.7% of its total area. That share is close to Payne County’s 1.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Stillwater city has 212.8 times the land area of nearby Mehan CDP (0.14 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

