THE MARTIN COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Des Moines Lobe setting.
Martin County has 712.3 square miles of land in Minnesota. The mapped landscape region in Martin County is Des Moines Lobe.
Glacial till plains and windblown loess hills make up the Western Corn Belt landscape. Near-level and rolling terrain are interspersed with steeper river valleys and hills.
Regional context: Western Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Finding your parcel within Martin County
The atlas lists 30 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Martin County, including Waverly, Nashville, Fraser. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Martin County by land and water
The Census records 17.2 square miles of water within Martin County, or 2.4% of its total area. That share is close to Martin County’s 2.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Martin County has 19.6 times the land area of nearby Fraser township (36.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Jackson County, Watonwan County within Minnesota. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

