THE GRAND RAPIDS CHARTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lansing Loamy Plain setting.
Grand Rapids charter township has 15.3 square miles of land in Kent 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
Grand Rapids charter and Kent County
Grand Rapids charter is associated with Kent 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.
Grand Rapids charter by land and water
The Census records 0.22 square miles of water within Grand Rapids charter, or 1.4% of its total area. It is 1.2 percentage points lower than the 2.6% recorded for Kent County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Grand Rapids charter township has 5.2 times the land area of nearby East Grand Rapids city (2.93 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

