THE POYGAN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lake Michigan Lacustrine Clay Plain setting.
Poygan town has 23.1 square miles of land in Winnebago County. Its Census reference point is in Lake Michigan Lacustrine Clay Plain, 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
Poygan and Winnebago County
Poygan is associated with Winnebago 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.
Poygan by land and water
The Census records 9.74 square miles of water within Poygan, or 29.6% of its total area. It is 4.8 percentage points higher than the 24.9% recorded for Winnebago County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Poygan town has 22.5 times the land area of nearby Tustin CDP (1.03 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

