THE ALLENDALE CHARTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Michigan Lake Plain setting.
Allendale charter township has 31.1 square miles of land in Ottawa County. Its Census reference point is in Michigan Lake 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
Allendale charter and Ottawa County
Allendale charter is associated with Ottawa 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.
Allendale charter by land and water
The Census records 0.92 square miles of water within Allendale charter, or 2.9% of its total area. It is 62.6 percentage points lower than the 65.5% recorded for Ottawa County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Allendale charter township has 1.3 times the land area of nearby Allendale CDP (23.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

