THE MEEKER COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
McGrath Till Plain and Drumlins setting.
Meeker County has 608 square miles of land in Minnesota. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Meeker County: McGrath Till Plain and Drumlins, Des Moines Lobe, Big Woods.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Meeker County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- McGrath Till Plain and Drumlins39.6%
- Des Moines Lobe34.3%
- Big Woods26.1%
Western Corn Belt Plains in Meeker County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Meeker County
The atlas lists 26 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Meeker County, including Kingston, Cedar Mills, Harvey. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Meeker County by land and water
The Census records 36.6 square miles of water within Meeker County, or 5.7% of its total area. That share is close to Meeker County’s 5.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Meeker County has 135 times the land area of nearby Litchfield city (4.51 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Kandiyohi County, McLeod County, Renville County, Stearns County, Wright County within Minnesota. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

