THE YPSILANTI CHARTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Maumee Lake Plain setting.
Ypsilanti charter township has 30 square miles of land in Washtenaw County. Its Census reference point is in Maumee Lake Plain, within Huron/Erie Lake Plains.
A broad former lake plain is interrupted by old beach ridges, dunes and glacial moraines. The landscape is mostly low-relief, with important differences between sandy rises and lower ground.
Regional context: Huron/Erie Lake Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Ypsilanti charter and Washtenaw County
Ypsilanti charter 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.
Ypsilanti charter by land and water
The Census records 1.81 square miles of water within Ypsilanti charter, or 5.7% of its total area. It is 3.4 percentage points higher 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, Ypsilanti charter township has 7 times the land area of nearby Ypsilanti city (4.29 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

