THE ONONDAGA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lansing Loamy Plain setting.
Onondaga township has 36.1 square miles of land in Ingham County. Its Census reference point is in Lansing Loamy 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
Onondaga and Ingham County
Onondaga is associated with Ingham 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.
Onondaga by land and water
The Census records 0.37 square miles of water within Onondaga, or 1% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points higher than the 0.8% recorded for Ingham County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Onondaga township has 99.4% of the land area of nearby Aurelius township (36.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

