THE GAYS MILLS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Blufflands and Coulees setting.
Gays Mills village has 4.87 square miles of land in Crawford County. Its Census reference point is in Blufflands and Coulees, 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
Gays Mills and Crawford County
Gays Mills is associated with Crawford 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.
Gays Mills by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Gays Mills, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 4.2 percentage points lower than the 4.7% recorded for Crawford County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Gays Mills village has 87.9% of the land area of nearby Bell Center village (5.53 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

