THE HAMDEN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lake Agassiz Plains setting.
Hamden township has 34.1 square miles of land in Becker County. Its Census reference point is in Lake Agassiz Plains, 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
Hamden and Becker County
Hamden is associated with Becker 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.
Hamden by land and water
The Census records 1.37 square miles of water within Hamden, or 3.8% of its total area. It is 5.2 percentage points lower than the 9% recorded for Becker County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hamden township has 47.4 times the land area of nearby Audubon city (0.72 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

