THE GARDNER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Door Peninsula setting.
Gardner town has 34.3 square miles of land in Door County. Its Census reference point is in Door Peninsula, within North Central Hardwood Forests.
This transition between northern forests and southern farming country includes lakes, wetlands and hardwood woodland. Glacial landforms support a mosaic of open land and wooded areas.
Regional context: North Central Hardwood Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Gardner and Door County
Gardner is associated with Door 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.
Gardner by land and water
The Census records 78.4 square miles of water within Gardner, or 69.6% of its total area. It is 10.1 percentage points lower than the 79.7% recorded for Door County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Gardner town has 14.7 times the land area of nearby Little Sturgeon CDP (2.34 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

