THE FOLSOM LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tewaukon/Big Stone Stagnation Moraine setting.
Folsom township has 19.8 square miles of land in Traverse County. Its Census reference point is in Tewaukon/Big Stone Stagnation Moraine, within Northern Glaciated Plains.
Flat to gently rolling glacial terrain supports a prairie transition between taller and shorter grasses. Many temporary and seasonal wetlands occupy depressions left in the glacial landscape.
Regional context: Northern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Folsom and Traverse County
Folsom is associated with Traverse 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.
Folsom by land and water
The Census records 1.9 square miles of water within Folsom, or 8.8% of its total area. It is 6.7 percentage points higher than the 2% recorded for Traverse County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Folsom township has 25 times the land area of nearby Browns Valley city (0.79 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

