THE MOSCOW LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Interlobate Dead Ice Moraines setting.
Moscow township has 35.1 square miles of land in Hillsdale County. Its Census reference point is in Interlobate Dead Ice Moraines, 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
Moscow and Hillsdale County
Moscow is associated with Hillsdale 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.
Moscow by land and water
The Census records 0.28 square miles of water within Moscow, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points lower than the 1.5% recorded for Hillsdale County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Moscow township has 66.1 times the land area of nearby North Adams village (0.53 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

