THE ROSEBUD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Drift Plains setting.
Rosebud township has 34.5 square miles of land in Barnes County. Its Census reference point is in Drift Plains, 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
Rosebud and Barnes County
Rosebud is associated with Barnes 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.
Rosebud by land and water
The Census records 0.08 square miles of water within Rosebud, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 1.2 percentage points lower than the 1.4% recorded for Barnes County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Rosebud township has 15.3 times the land area of nearby Litchville city (2.26 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

