THE ESTELLINE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Big Sioux Basin setting.
Estelline township has 46.5 square miles of land in Hamlin County. Its Census reference point is in Big Sioux Basin, within Northern Glaciated Plains.
Flat to gently rolling glacial terrain supports a prairie transition between taller and shorter grasses. Many temporary and seasonal wetlands occupy depressions left in the glacial landscape.
Regional context: Northern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Estelline and Hamlin County
Estelline is associated with Hamlin 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.
Estelline by land and water
The Census records 6.42 square miles of water within Estelline, or 12.1% of its total area. It is 6.4 percentage points higher than the 5.8% recorded for Hamlin County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Estelline township has 49.2 times the land area of nearby Estelline city (0.95 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

