THE CLINTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Low Lime Drift Plain setting.
Clinton township has 27.7 square miles of land in Wayne County. Its Census reference point is in Low Lime Drift Plain, within Erie Drift Plain.
Low rounded hills, glacial moraines, kettles and wetland areas define the Erie Drift Plain. Its terrain is more varied than nearby flatter farming regions and less rugged than the unglaciated plateaus.
Regional context: Erie Drift Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Clinton and Wayne County
Clinton is associated with Wayne 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.
Clinton by land and water
The Census records 0.16 square miles of water within Clinton, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points higher than the 0.3% recorded for Wayne County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Clinton township has 32 times the land area of nearby Shreve village (0.87 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.