THE GANGES LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Michigan Lake Plain setting.
Ganges township has 32.2 square miles of land in Allegan 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
Ganges and Allegan County
Ganges is associated with Allegan 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.
Ganges by land and water
The Census records 0.5 square miles of water within Ganges, or 1.5% of its total area. It is 53.4 percentage points lower than the 55% recorded for Allegan County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Ganges township has 28.8 times the land area of nearby Fennville city (1.12 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

