THE GERRARD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Black Prairie setting.
Gerrard township has 35.5 square miles of land in Towner County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Black Prairie, within Northern Glaciated Plains.
Flat to gently rolling glacial terrain supports a prairie transition between taller and shorter grasses. Many temporary and seasonal wetlands occupy depressions left in the glacial landscape.
Regional context: Northern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Gerrard and Towner County
Gerrard is associated with Towner 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.
Gerrard by land and water
The Census records 0.35 square miles of water within Gerrard, or 1% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 1.6% recorded for Towner County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Gerrard township has 118 times the land area of nearby Bisbee city (0.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

