THE RENVILLE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Des Moines Lobe setting.
Renville County has 982.9 square miles of land in Minnesota. The mapped landscape region in Renville 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 Renville County
The atlas lists 37 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Renville County, including Sacred Heart, Birch Cooley, Flora. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Renville County by land and water
The Census records 4.2 square miles of water within Renville County, or 0.4% of its total area. That share is close to Renville County’s 0.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Renville County has 29.8 times the land area of nearby Bird Island township (32.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Brown County, Chippewa County, Kandiyohi County, McLeod County, Meeker County, Nicollet County, Redwood County, Sibley County and other counties within Minnesota. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

