THE MARGARETTA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Marblehead Drift/Limestone Plain setting.
Margaretta township has 32.6 square miles of land in Erie County. Its Census reference point is in Marblehead Drift/Limestone 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
Margaretta and Erie County
Margaretta is associated with Erie 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.
Margaretta by land and water
The Census records 17.5 square miles of water within Margaretta, or 35% of its total area. It is 24.9 percentage points lower than the 59.8% recorded for Erie County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Margaretta township has 307.8 times the land area of nearby Crystal Rock CDP (0.11 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

