THE CANDOR LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Alexandria Moraines and Detroit Lakes Outwash Plain setting.
Candor township has 30.4 square miles of land in Otter Tail County. Its Census reference point is in Alexandria Moraines and Detroit Lakes Outwash Plain, within North Central Hardwood Forests.
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 ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Candor and Otter Tail County
Candor is associated with Otter Tail 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.
Candor by land and water
The Census records 4.01 square miles of water within Candor, or 11.7% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points higher than the 11.4% recorded for Otter Tail County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Candor township has 19.4 times the land area of nearby Vergas city (1.57 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

