THE PARIS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Missouri Coteau setting.
Paris township has 32.8 square miles of land in Stutsman County. Its Census reference point is in Missouri Coteau, within Northwestern Glaciated Plains.
Glaciated plains bridge the wetter eastern prairie and the drier, more broken Great Plains. Numerous prairie potholes and other seasonal or persistent wetlands are characteristic regional landforms.
Regional context: Northwestern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Paris and Stutsman County
Paris is associated with Stutsman 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.
Paris by land and water
The Census records 3.14 square miles of water within Paris, or 8.7% of its total area. It is 5.4 percentage points higher than the 3.3% recorded for Stutsman County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Paris township has 97.4% of the land area of nearby Round Top township (33.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

