THE TENINO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Puget Prairies setting.
Tenino city has 1.46 square miles of land in Thurston County. Its Census reference point is in Southern Puget Prairies, within Puget Lowland.
A glacial lowland surrounds Puget Sound with islands, bays, peninsulas and rolling terrain. Moraines, outwash plains and river terraces create a varied setting beneath the region's maritime climate.
Regional context: Puget Lowland ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Tenino and Thurston County
Tenino is associated with Thurston 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.
Tenino by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Tenino, or 0% of its total area. It is 6.7 percentage points lower than the 6.7% recorded for Thurston County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Tenino city has 2.5 times the land area of nearby Bucoda town (0.58 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

