THE RUTLAND CHARTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Interlobate Dead Ice Moraines setting.
Rutland charter township has 35 square miles of land in Barry 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
Rutland charter and Barry County
Rutland charter is associated with Barry 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.
Rutland charter by land and water
The Census records 1.11 square miles of water within Rutland charter, or 3.1% of its total area. It is 1.1 percentage points lower than the 4.1% recorded for Barry County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Rutland charter township has 6.7 times the land area of nearby Hastings city (5.21 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

