THE SAUK CENTRE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Wadena/Todd Drumlins and Osakis Till Plain setting.
Sauk Centre township has 35.7 square miles of land in Stearns 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
Sauk Centre and Stearns County
Sauk Centre 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.
Sauk Centre by land and water
The Census records 2.21 square miles of water within Sauk Centre, or 5.8% of its total area. It is 2.4 percentage points higher 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, Sauk Centre township has 8.7 times the land area of nearby Sauk Centre city (4.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

