THE BAXTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Des Moines Lobe setting.
Baxter township has 35.9 square miles of land in Lac qui Parle County. Its Census reference point is in Des Moines Lobe, within Western Corn Belt Plains.
Glacial till plains and windblown loess hills make up the Western Corn Belt landscape. Near-level and rolling terrain are interspersed with steeper river valleys and hills.
Regional context: Western Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Baxter and Lac qui Parle County
Baxter 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.
Baxter by land and water
The Census records 0.07 square miles of water within Baxter, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 1.5 percentage points lower 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, Baxter township has 1.2 times the land area of nearby Camp Release township (29.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

