THE CARPENTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Forested Lake Plains setting.
Carpenter township has 100.8 square miles of land in Itasca County. Its Census reference point is in Forested Lake Plains, within Northern Minnesota Wetlands.
Former glacial lake basins form nearly level terrain with extensive wetlands and boreal vegetation. Marsh, swamp and forest patterns are central to this northern Minnesota landscape.
Regional context: Northern Minnesota Wetlands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Carpenter and Itasca County
Carpenter is associated with Itasca 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.
Carpenter by land and water
The Census records 5.28 square miles of water within Carpenter, or 5% of its total area. It is 3.9 percentage points lower than the 8.9% recorded for Itasca County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Carpenter township has 1.4 times the land area of nearby Bearville township (71.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

