THE LAFAYETTE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Blufflands and Coulees setting.
Lafayette town has 35.3 square miles of land in Monroe 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
Lafayette and Monroe County
Lafayette is associated with Monroe 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.
Lafayette by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Lafayette, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points lower than the 0.8% recorded for Monroe County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lafayette town has 99.7% of the land area of nearby New Lyme town (35.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

