THE HOLDING LAND BRIEF
Land in the
McGrath Till Plain and Drumlins setting.
Holding township has 40.8 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
Holding and Stearns County
Holding 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.
Holding by land and water
The Census records 0.74 square miles of water within Holding, or 1.8% of its total area. It is 1.6 percentage points lower 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, Holding township has 45.3 times the land area of nearby Holdingford city (0.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

