THE MARSHALL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Battle Creek/Elkhart Outwash Plain setting.
Marshall city has 8.83 square miles of land in Calhoun County. Its Census reference point is in Battle Creek/Elkhart Outwash 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
Marshall and Calhoun County
Marshall is associated with Calhoun 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.
Marshall by land and water
The Census records 0.13 square miles of water within Marshall, or 1.4% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 1.7% recorded for Calhoun County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Marshall city has 30.7% of the land area of nearby Marshall township (28.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

