THE TYNSID LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glacial Lake Agassiz Basin setting.
Tynsid township has 14.3 square miles of land in Polk County. Its Census reference point is in Glacial Lake Agassiz Basin, 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
Tynsid and Polk County
Tynsid is associated with Polk 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.
Tynsid by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Tynsid, or 0% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points lower than the 1.3% recorded for Polk County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Tynsid township has 39.5% of the land area of nearby Roome township (36.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

