THE BARRY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Battle Creek/Elkhart Outwash Plain setting.
Barry township has 34.4 square miles of land in Barry 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
Barry and Barry County
Barry is associated with Barry 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.
Barry by land and water
The Census records 2.08 square miles of water within Barry, or 5.7% of its total area. It is 1.5 percentage points higher than the 4.1% recorded for Barry County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Barry township has 16.6 times the land area of nearby Hickory Corners CDP (2.07 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

