THE LAKE SHORE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Itasca and St. Louis Moraines setting.
Lake Shore city has 12.7 square miles of land in Cass County. Its Census reference point is in Itasca and St. Louis Moraines, within Northern Lakes and Forests.
Glacial hills, till plains, sandy outwash and old lake basins create a varied northern landscape. Conifer and hardwood forests surround many lakes across these glacially shaped uplands.
Regional context: Northern Lakes and Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Lake Shore and Cass County
Lake Shore is associated with Cass 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.
Lake Shore by land and water
The Census records 3.31 square miles of water within Lake Shore, or 20.7% of its total area. It is 4.4 percentage points higher than the 16.3% recorded for Cass County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lake Shore city has 1.2 times the land area of nearby Nisswa city (10.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

