THE NORTH BEND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Middle Tippecanoe Plains setting.
North Bend township has 35.5 square miles of land in Starke County. Its Census reference point is in Middle Tippecanoe Plains, 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
North Bend and Starke County
North Bend is associated with Starke 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.
North Bend by land and water
The Census records 0.74 square miles of water within North Bend, or 2% of its total area. It is 1.1 percentage points higher than the 1% recorded for Starke County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, North Bend township has 84.2 times the land area of nearby Hartz Lake CDP (0.42 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

