THE SOUTH HAVEN CHARTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Michigan Lake Plain setting.
South Haven charter township has 17.4 square miles of land in Van Buren County. Its Census reference point is in Michigan Lake 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
South Haven charter and Van Buren County
South Haven charter is associated with Van Buren 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.
South Haven charter by land and water
The Census records 0.1 square miles of water within South Haven charter, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 43.7 percentage points lower than the 44.2% recorded for Van Buren County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, South Haven charter township has 5 times the land area of nearby South Haven city (3.46 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

