THE KAWKAWLIN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Saginaw Lake Plain setting.
Kawkawlin township has 32.4 square miles of land in Bay County. Its Census reference point is in Saginaw Lake Plain, within Huron/Erie Lake Plains.
A broad former lake plain is interrupted by old beach ridges, dunes and glacial moraines. The landscape is mostly low-relief, with important differences between sandy rises and lower ground.
Regional context: Huron/Erie Lake Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Kawkawlin and Bay County
Kawkawlin is associated with Bay 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.
Kawkawlin by land and water
The Census records 9.04 square miles of water within Kawkawlin, or 21.8% of its total area. It is 8 percentage points lower than the 29.9% recorded for Bay County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kawkawlin township has 2.3 times the land area of nearby Bangor charter township (14.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

