THE NEW HAVEN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rochester/Paleozoic Plateau Upland setting.
New Haven township has 33.5 square miles of land in Olmsted County. Its Census reference point is in Rochester/Paleozoic Plateau Upland, within Driftless Area.
Deeply cut valleys divide a bedrock plateau with windblown soil on many uplands. Glaciers had less influence here than in neighboring regions, leaving a distinctly hilly landscape.
Regional context: Driftless Area ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
New Haven and Olmsted County
New Haven is associated with Olmsted 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.
New Haven by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within New Haven, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 0.2% recorded for Olmsted County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, New Haven township has 5.4 times the land area of nearby Pine Island city (6.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

