THE VALLEY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Missouri Coteau Slope setting.
Valley township has 36 square miles of land in Douglas 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
Valley and Douglas County
Valley is associated with Douglas 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.
Valley by land and water
The Census records 0.34 square miles of water within Valley, or 0.9% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points higher than the 0.4% recorded for Douglas County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Valley township has 38.2 times the land area of nearby Armour city (0.94 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

