THE AGASSIZ LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Minnesota River Prairie setting.
Agassiz township has 34.5 square miles of land in Lac qui Parle County. Its Census reference point is in Minnesota River Prairie, within Northern Glaciated Plains.
Flat to gently rolling glacial terrain supports a prairie transition between taller and shorter grasses. Many temporary and seasonal wetlands occupy depressions left in the glacial landscape.
Regional context: Northern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Agassiz and Lac qui Parle County
Agassiz is associated with Lac qui Parle 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.
Agassiz by land and water
The Census records 2.79 square miles of water within Agassiz, or 7.5% of its total area. It is 5.8 percentage points higher than the 1.7% recorded for Lac qui Parle County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Agassiz township has 35.8 times the land area of nearby Odessa city (0.97 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

