THE CEDAR LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Missouri Coteau Slope setting.
Cedar township has 34.2 square miles of land in Hand County. Its Census reference point is in Southern Missouri Coteau Slope, 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
Cedar and Hand County
Cedar is associated with Hand 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.
Cedar by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Cedar, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 0.2% recorded for Hand County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cedar township has 1 times the land area of nearby Spring Hill township (34 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

