THE FAIR HAVEN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
McGrath Till Plain and Drumlins setting.
Fair Haven township has 34 square miles of land in Stearns County. Its Census reference point is in McGrath Till Plain and Drumlins, 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
Fair Haven and Stearns County
Fair Haven is associated with Stearns 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.
Fair Haven by land and water
The Census records 1.79 square miles of water within Fair Haven, or 5% of its total area. It is 1.6 percentage points higher than the 3.4% recorded for Stearns County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fair Haven township has 17.8 times the land area of nearby Fairhaven CDP (1.91 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

