THE VAN BUREN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Maumee Lake Plain setting.
Van Buren township has 36.3 square miles of land in Putnam 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
Van Buren and Putnam County
Van Buren is associated with Putnam 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.
Van Buren by land and water
The Census records 0.07 square miles of water within Van Buren, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 0.4% recorded for Putnam County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Van Buren township has 9.8 times the land area of nearby Leipsic village (3.68 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

