THE PORTLAND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lansing Loamy Plain setting.
Portland city has 2.63 square miles of land in Ionia 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
Portland and Ionia County
Portland is associated with Ionia 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.
Portland by land and water
The Census records 0.14 square miles of water within Portland, or 5.2% of its total area. It is 3.7 percentage points higher than the 1.5% recorded for Ionia County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Portland city has 8.2% of the land area of nearby Portland township (32.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

