THE OSHTEMO CHARTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Interlobate Dead Ice Moraines setting.
Oshtemo charter township has 35.7 square miles of land in Kalamazoo 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
Oshtemo charter and Kalamazoo County
Oshtemo charter is associated with Kalamazoo 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.
Oshtemo charter by land and water
The Census records 0.31 square miles of water within Oshtemo charter, or 0.9% of its total area. It is 2.3 percentage points lower than the 3.2% recorded for Kalamazoo County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Oshtemo charter township has 12.5 times the land area of nearby Westwood CDP (2.85 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

