THE CARLTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lansing Loamy Plain setting.
Carlton township has 35.1 square miles of land in Barry County. Its Census reference point is in Lansing Loamy 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
Carlton and Barry County
Carlton 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.
Carlton by land and water
The Census records 0.56 square miles of water within Carlton, or 1.6% of its total area. It is 2.6 percentage points lower 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, Carlton township has 44.5 times the land area of nearby Freeport village (0.79 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

