THE BENTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Maumee Lake Plain setting.
Benton township has 36.5 square miles of land in Paulding 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
Benton and Paulding County
Benton is associated with Paulding 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.
Benton by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Benton, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Paulding County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Benton township has 53.8 times the land area of nearby Payne village (0.68 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

