THE FARLEY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glacial Lake Agassiz Basin setting.
Farley township has 27.1 square miles of land in Polk County. Its Census reference point is in Glacial Lake Agassiz Basin, within Lake Agassiz Plain.
The former bed of glacial Lake Agassiz forms an exceptionally flat plain in the Red River valley. Thick lake sediments overlie older glacial deposits across this historic prairie landscape.
Regional context: Lake Agassiz Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Farley and Polk County
Farley is associated with Polk 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.
Farley by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Farley, or 0% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points lower than the 1.3% recorded for Polk County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Farley township has 3.2 times the land area of nearby Boxville township (8.35 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

