THE ONTARIO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Missouri Coteau setting.
Ontario township has 35.7 square miles of land in Hand 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
Ontario and Hand County
Ontario 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.
Ontario by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Ontario, or 0% 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, Ontario township has 99.4% of the land area of nearby Campbell township (35.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

