THE FRANKLIN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Indiana Lake Country setting.
Franklin township has 34.2 square miles of land in Kosciusko County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Indiana Lake Country, within Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains.
Lakes, marshes and complex glacial deposits create a varied landscape around southern Michigan and northern Indiana. Moraines, beach ridges, dunes, kettles and meltwater channels occur across the region.
Regional context: Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Franklin and Kosciusko County
Franklin is associated with Kosciusko 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.
Franklin by land and water
The Census records 0.16 square miles of water within Franklin, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 3.7 percentage points lower than the 4.1% recorded for Kosciusko County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Franklin township has 83.4 times the land area of nearby Beaver Dam CDP (0.41 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

