THE SHARON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Interlobate Dead Ice Moraines setting.
Sharon township has 37.4 square miles of land in Washtenaw 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
Sharon and Washtenaw County
Sharon is associated with Washtenaw 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.
Sharon by land and water
The Census records 0.46 square miles of water within Sharon, or 1.2% of its total area. It is 1.1 percentage points lower than the 2.3% recorded for Washtenaw County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Sharon township has 17.5 times the land area of nearby Manchester village (2.14 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

