THE FAYETTE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Savanna Section setting.
Fayette town has 35.2 square miles of land in Lafayette County. Its Census reference point is in Savanna Section, within Driftless Area.
Deeply cut valleys divide a bedrock plateau with windblown soil on many uplands. Glaciers had less influence here than in neighboring regions, leaving a distinctly hilly landscape.
Regional context: Driftless Area ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Fayette and Lafayette County
Fayette is associated with Lafayette 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.
Fayette by land and water
The Census records 0.72 square miles of water within Fayette, or 2% of its total area. It is 1.9 percentage points higher than the 0.2% recorded for Lafayette County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fayette town has 1.8 times the land area of nearby Lamont town (19.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

