THE GOBLES LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lake Michigan Moraines setting.
Gobles city has 1.03 square miles of land in Van Buren County. Its Census reference point is in Lake Michigan Moraines, 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
Gobles and Van Buren County
Gobles is associated with Van Buren 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.
Gobles by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Gobles, or 0% of its total area. It is 44.2 percentage points lower than the 44.2% recorded for Van Buren County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Gobles city has 3% of the land area of nearby Bloomingdale township (33.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

