Minnesota Landwatch (2024)

FAQs

What town in Minnesota is giving away free land? ›

Argyle, Minnesota: https://ci.argyle.mn.us/residential-lots-for-sale/ The City of Argyle is offering free lots to anyone building a home within one year, with title to transfer at the time of construction.

Average Price of Farmland in Minnesota

The current average per acre price for land in Minnesota according to these November sales is $9,396/acre. The highest selling farm in Minnesota in the month of November 2023 sold on November 1st in Polk County for $10,100 per acre for 383.9 acres, with a CPI of 89.8.

On average, the DNR sells 508 acres of land per year, statewide. The DNR exchanged 773 acres out of state ownership for 734 acres received into state ownership (land exchanges are value for value, within statutory parameters, not acre for acre).

In terms of its size, Minnesota is the country's 12th-largest state, covering an area of 86,943 square miles (56 million acres).

To qualify for homestead: You must own the property, or be a relative or in-law of the owner (son, daughter, parent, grandchild, grandparent, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, niece or nephew). You or your relative must occupy the property as the primary place of residence. You must be a Minnesota resident.

No state actually gives out free land, but there are cities that are offering free land. Most of these cities are located in the following states: Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Colorado, Iowa and Texas.

According to Wisevoter, Arizona is the cheapest state in the United States to buy land. As of 2023, Arizona's median price per acre is only $4,164.

Minnesota's farm real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, averaged $6,450 per acre in 2024, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Land Values 2024 Summary. This was up 6 percent, $340 per acre higher than last year's value.

World Population Review recently put together its list of the largest private landowners in each state and there's a chance you've never heard of the number one spot in Minnesota. At a whopping 286,000 acres, the Molpus Woodlands Group (out of Mississippi) owns, by far, the most land in the state.

Can you hunt state trust land in Minnesota? ›

Nearly all 2.5 million acres of school trust lands are open to public hunting in Minnesota's State Forest system mainly in the NE quadrant of the state and in designated Wildlife Management Areas in the NW quadrant.

Minnesota Property Buying Process

Explore properties online and with a real estate agent. Present an offer on a chosen property, possibly leading to negotiations. Inspect for structural issues and get an appraisal for value estimation. Finalize the purchase with legal and financial paperwork, transfer ownership.

In U.S. land surveying under the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), a section is an area nominally one square mile (2.6 square kilometers), containing 640 acres (260 hectares), with 36 sections making up one survey township on a rectangular grid.

Agriculture in Minnesota

Minnesota's 26 million acres of agricultural land comprise about 51 percent of the state's land area.

What constitutes farming under the law? Farming means the production of agricultural products, livestock or livestock products, milk or milk products, and fruit or other horticultural products.

In order to claim title under Minnesota's adverse possession law ("Recovery of Real Estate"), you must be in possession of the property for 15 years and pay taxes for at least five consecutive years. The statute excludes certain boundary line disputes (see FindLaw's Property Boundaries section to learn more).

Unclaimed land — land to which no one has claimed ownership rights — and free-and-clear land doesn't exist in the United States. However, if you're willing to build a home or start a business, towns and cities in a handful of states will give you a free lot to build on.

World Population Review recently put together its list of the largest private landowners in each state and there's a chance you've never heard of the number one spot in Minnesota. At a whopping 286,000 acres, the Molpus Woodlands Group (out of Mississippi) owns, by far, the most land in the state.

The land back movement is a call for the return of native lands to native peoples. This is a global campaign that aims to get back land and public land to dismantle white supremacy and systems of oppression. The LandBack Manifesto. Indian Country Today News on the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota land return.