THE DWIGHT LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glacial Lake Agassiz Basin setting.
Dwight township has 45.2 square miles of land in Richland County. Its Census reference point is in Glacial Lake Agassiz Basin, within Lake Agassiz Plain.
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 ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Dwight and Richland County
Dwight is associated with Richland County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Dwight by land and water
The Census records 0.13 square miles of water within Dwight, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points lower than the 0.7% recorded for Richland County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Dwight township has 239.3 times the land area of nearby Dwight city (0.19 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

