THE DAYTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lansing Loamy Plain setting.
Dayton township has 35.6 square miles of land in Tuscola 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
Dayton and Tuscola County
Dayton is associated with Tuscola 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.
Dayton by land and water
The Census records 0.53 square miles of water within Dayton, or 1.5% of its total area. It is 10.5 percentage points lower than the 11.9% recorded for Tuscola County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Dayton township has 33 times the land area of nearby Mayville village (1.08 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

