THE LAKETON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Michigan Lake Plain setting.
Laketon township has 17.4 square miles of land in Muskegon 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
Laketon and Muskegon County
Laketon is associated with Muskegon 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.
Laketon by land and water
The Census records 1.31 square miles of water within Laketon, or 7% of its total area. It is 58.5 percentage points lower than the 65.5% recorded for Muskegon County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Laketon township has 9.7 times the land area of nearby North Muskegon city (1.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

