THE NELSON PARK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Beach Ridges and Sand Deltas setting.
Nelson Park township has 36.1 square miles of land in Marshall 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
Nelson Park and Marshall County
Nelson Park is associated with Marshall 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.
Nelson Park by land and water
The Census records 0.1 square miles of water within Nelson Park, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 1.8 percentage points lower than the 2.1% recorded for Marshall County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Nelson Park township has 99.7% of the land area of nearby Augsburg township (36.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

