THE NEWBURY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Battle Creek/Elkhart Outwash Plain setting.
Newbury township has 35.3 square miles of land in LaGrange County. Its Census reference point is in Battle Creek/Elkhart Outwash Plain, 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
Newbury and LaGrange County
Newbury is associated with LaGrange 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.
Newbury by land and water
The Census records 0.52 square miles of water within Newbury, or 1.5% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points lower than the 1.8% recorded for LaGrange County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Newbury township has 25.8 times the land area of nearby Shipshewana town (1.36 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

