THE SODUS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lake Michigan Moraines setting.
Sodus township has 19.4 square miles of land in Berrien County. Its Census reference point is in Lake Michigan 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
Sodus and Berrien County
Sodus is associated with Berrien 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.
Sodus by land and water
The Census records 0.57 square miles of water within Sodus, or 2.9% of its total area. It is 61.2 percentage points lower than the 64.1% recorded for Berrien County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Sodus township has 1.1 times the land area of nearby Royalton township (18.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

