THE GROVE PARK-TILDEN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Beach Ridges and Sand Deltas setting.
Grove Park-Tilden township has 69.2 square miles of land in Polk County. Its Census reference point is in Beach Ridges and Sand Deltas, 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
Grove Park-Tilden and Polk County
Grove Park-Tilden 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.
Grove Park-Tilden by land and water
The Census records 0.8 square miles of water within Grove Park-Tilden, or 1.1% of its total area. It is 0.2 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, Grove Park-Tilden township has 36.3 times the land area of nearby Mentor city (1.91 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

