THE ALLEN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Battle Creek/Elkhart Outwash Plain setting.
Allen township has 36 square miles of land in Hillsdale 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
Allen and Hillsdale County
Allen is associated with Hillsdale 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.
Allen by land and water
The Census records 0.22 square miles of water within Allen, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 0.8 percentage points lower than the 1.5% recorded for Hillsdale County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Allen township has 213.1 times the land area of nearby Allen village (0.17 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

