THE FENTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lansing Loamy Plain setting.
Fenton city has 6.65 square miles of land in Genesee County, Livingston County, Oakland 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
One place name. 3 county geographies.
Fenton intersects 3 county geographies: Genesee County, Livingston County, Oakland County. A Fenton mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Fenton by land and water
The Census records 0.32 square miles of water within Fenton, or 4.6% of its total area. It is 36.8 percentage points lower than the 41.5% recorded for Michigan. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fenton city has 27.9% of the land area of nearby Fenton charter township (23.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

