THE LINCOLN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Central Wisconsin Undulating Till Plain setting.
Lincoln County has 878.8 square miles of land in Wisconsin. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Lincoln County: Central Wisconsin Undulating Till Plain, Northern Wisconsin Highlands Lakes Country, Perkinstown End Moraines, among others.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Lincoln County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Central Wisconsin Undulating Till Plain33.6%
- Northern Wisconsin Highlands Lakes Country26.9%
- Perkinstown End Moraines23%
- Chippewa Lobe Rocky Ground Moraines16.5%
Northern Lakes and Forests in Lincoln County
Glacial hills, till plains, sandy outwash and old lake basins create a varied northern landscape. Conifer and hardwood forests surround many lakes across these glacially shaped uplands.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Lincoln County
The atlas lists 18 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Lincoln County, including Corning, Harding, Tomahawk. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Lincoln County by land and water
The Census records 28 square miles of water within Lincoln County, or 3.1% of its total area. That share is close to Lincoln County’s 3.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lincoln County has 18.4 times the land area of nearby Rock Falls town (47.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Langlade County, Marathon County, Oneida County, Price County, Taylor County within Wisconsin. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

