THE WELCH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Blufflands and Coulees setting.
Welch township has 39.1 square miles of land in Goodhue County. Its Census reference point is in Blufflands and Coulees, 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
Welch and Goodhue County
Welch is associated with Goodhue 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.
Welch by land and water
The Census records 3.68 square miles of water within Welch, or 8.6% of its total area. It is 5.7 percentage points higher than the 2.9% recorded for Goodhue County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Welch township has 22.4 times the land area of nearby Miesville city (1.75 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

