THE MCKINLEY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Wadena/Todd Drumlins and Osakis Till Plain setting.
McKinley township has 36.1 square miles of land in Cass County. Its Census reference point is in Wadena/Todd Drumlins and Osakis Till Plain, 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
McKinley and Cass County
McKinley 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.
McKinley by land and water
The Census records 0.24 square miles of water within McKinley, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 15.6 percentage points lower 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, McKinley township has 1 times the land area of nearby Badoura township (35.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

