THE BENTON CHARTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Michigan Lake Plain setting.
Benton charter township has 32.4 square miles of land in Berrien 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
Benton charter and Berrien County
Benton charter is associated with Berrien 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.
Benton charter by land and water
The Census records 0.45 square miles of water within Benton charter, or 1.4% of its total area. It is 62.7 percentage points lower than the 64.1% recorded for Berrien County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Benton charter township has 8.4 times the land area of nearby Benton Heights CDP (3.86 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

