THE BANKS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Manistee-Leelanau Shore setting.
Banks township has 45 square miles of land in Antrim County. Its Census reference point is in Manistee-Leelanau Shore, within North Central Hardwood Forests.
This transition between northern forests and southern farming country includes lakes, wetlands and hardwood woodland. Glacial landforms support a mosaic of open land and wooded areas.
Regional context: North Central Hardwood Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Banks and Antrim County
Banks is associated with Antrim 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.
Banks by land and water
The Census records 6.31 square miles of water within Banks, or 12.3% of its total area. It is 8.6 percentage points lower than the 20.9% recorded for Antrim County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Banks township has 60.1 times the land area of nearby Ellsworth village (0.75 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

