THE MORRISON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
McGrath Till Plain and Drumlins setting.
Morrison County has 1,125.1 square miles of land in Minnesota. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Morrison County: McGrath Till Plain and Drumlins, Minnesota/Wisconsin Upland Till Plain, Itasca and St. Louis Moraines, among others.
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
Morrison County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- McGrath Till Plain and Drumlins41.1%
- Minnesota/Wisconsin Upland Till Plain25.8%
- Itasca and St. Louis Moraines17.4%
- Anoka Sand Plain and Mississippi Valley Outwash15.7%
Northern Lakes and Forests in Morrison County
Glacial hills, till plains, sandy outwash and old lake basins create a varied northern landscape. Conifer and hardwood forests surround many lakes across these glacially shaped uplands.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Morrison County
The atlas lists 46 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Morrison County, including Cushing, Scandia Valley, Buckman. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Morrison County by land and water
The Census records 28.3 square miles of water within Morrison County, or 2.5% of its total area. That share is close to Morrison County’s 2.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Morrison County has 26.2 times the land area of nearby Belle Prairie township (43 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Benton County, Cass County, Crow Wing County, Mille Lacs County, Stearns County, Todd County within Minnesota. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

