THE ADRIAN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Missouri Coteau setting.
Adrian township has 35.1 square miles of land in Edmunds 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
Adrian and Edmunds County
Adrian is associated with Edmunds 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.
Adrian by land and water
The Census records 0.53 square miles of water within Adrian, or 1.5% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points lower than the 2.2% recorded for Edmunds County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Adrian township has 96.9% of the land area of nearby Rosette township (36.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

