THE LAFAYETTE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Kettle Moraines setting.
Lafayette town has 34.2 square miles of land in Walworth County. Its Census reference point is in Kettle Moraines, within Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains.
Glacial till plains support a transition between hardwood forest, oak savanna and prairie landscapes. Rolling farmland and woodland reflect this meeting of ecological regions in southeastern Wisconsin.
Regional context: Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Lafayette and Walworth County
Lafayette is associated with Walworth 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 0.04 square miles of water within Lafayette, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 3.5 percentage points lower than the 3.7% recorded for Walworth County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lafayette town has 4.2 times the land area of nearby Elkhorn city (8.16 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

