THE SPINK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loess Prairies setting.
Spink township has 36.3 square miles of land in Union County. Its Census reference point is in Loess Prairies, within Western Corn Belt Plains.
Glacial till plains and windblown loess hills make up the Western Corn Belt landscape. Near-level and rolling terrain are interspersed with steeper river valleys and hills.
Regional context: Western Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Spink and Union County
Spink is associated with Union 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.
Spink by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Spink, or 0% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points lower than the 1.4% recorded for Union County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Spink township has 1 times the land area of nearby Emmet township (36 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

