THE KITTSON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glacial Lake Agassiz Basin setting.
Kittson County has 1,099 square miles of land in Minnesota. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Kittson County: Glacial Lake Agassiz Basin, Beach Ridges and Sand Deltas, Peatlands, among others.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Kittson County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Glacial Lake Agassiz Basin46.3%
- Beach Ridges and Sand Deltas34.1%
- Peatlands13.8%
- Lake Agassiz Plains5.8%
Northern Minnesota Wetlands in Kittson County
Former glacial lake basins form nearly level terrain with extensive wetlands and boreal vegetation. Marsh, swamp and forest patterns are central to this northern Minnesota landscape.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Kittson County
The atlas lists 35 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Kittson County, including St. Vincent, Clow, Richardville. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Kittson County by land and water
The Census records 4.8 square miles of water within Kittson County, or 0.4% of its total area. That share is close to Kittson County’s 0.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kittson County has 30.7 times the land area of nearby Hazelton township (35.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Marshall County, Roseau County within Minnesota. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

