THE SWANTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Oak Openings setting.
Swanton village has 3.4 square miles of land in Fulton County, Lucas County. Its Census reference point is in Oak Openings, 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
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Swanton intersects 2 county geographies: Fulton County, Lucas County. A Swanton mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Swanton by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within Swanton, or 1.1% of its total area. It is 7.7 percentage points lower than the 8.8% recorded for Ohio. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Swanton village has 15.4% of the land area of nearby Swanton township (22 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

