THE LA BELLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Prairie Coteau Escarpment setting.
La Belle township has 41.9 square miles of land in Marshall County. Its Census reference point is in Prairie Coteau Escarpment, 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
La Belle and Marshall County
La Belle is associated with Marshall 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.
La Belle by land and water
The Census records 0.57 square miles of water within La Belle, or 1.3% of its total area. It is 4.1 percentage points lower than the 5.4% recorded for Marshall County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, La Belle township has 133.4 times the land area of nearby Veblen city (0.31 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

