THE PETERSON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Missouri Coteau setting.
Peterson township has 34.4 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
Peterson and Stutsman County
Peterson 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.
Peterson by land and water
The Census records 1.74 square miles of water within Peterson, or 4.8% of its total area. It is 1.5 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, Peterson township has 28.3 times the land area of nearby Medina city (1.21 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

