THE PARCHMENT LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Battle Creek/Elkhart Outwash Plain setting.
Parchment city has 0.92 square miles of land in Kalamazoo 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
Parchment and Kalamazoo County
Parchment 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.
Parchment by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Parchment, or 2% of its total area. It is 1.1 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, Parchment city has 46.6% of the land area of nearby Eastwood CDP (1.98 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

