THE GUN PLAIN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Interlobate Dead Ice Moraines setting.
Gun Plain township has 34 square miles of land in Allegan County. Its Census reference point is in Interlobate Dead Ice 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
Gun Plain and Allegan County
Gun Plain 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.
Gun Plain by land and water
The Census records 0.32 square miles of water within Gun Plain, or 0.9% of its total area. It is 54.1 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, Gun Plain township has 16.4 times the land area of nearby Plainwell city (2.08 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

