THE MATTAWAN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Battle Creek/Elkhart Outwash Plain setting.
Mattawan village has 3.81 square miles of land in Van Buren 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
Mattawan and Van Buren County
Mattawan is associated with Van Buren 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.
Mattawan by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Mattawan, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 43.6 percentage points lower than the 44.2% recorded for Van Buren County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mattawan village has 11% of the land area of nearby Antwerp township (34.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

