THE MONTAGUE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Michigan Lake Plain setting.
Montague township has 19.1 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
Montague and Muskegon County
Montague 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.
Montague by land and water
The Census records 0.9 square miles of water within Montague, or 4.5% of its total area. It is 61 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, Montague township has 7.3 times the land area of nearby Montague city (2.63 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

