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==Geography== The low, rolling hills of Marshall County are completely devoted to agriculture where possible (significant drainages are wooded).<ref name="MCI">[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Marshall+County,+IN/@41.3253201,-86.4010051,42201m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x881152d6b758d5cf:0xfb0f1ec064d635dc!8m2!3d41.303028!4d-86.3376761 ''Marshall County IN'' (Google Maps, accessed 29 July 2020)]</ref> The highest points on the terrain are three approximately equal swells ({{convert|900|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}} ASL) along the south border line with [[Fulton County, Indiana|Fulton County]], {{convert|1.4|mi|km}} NW of [[Richland Center, Indiana|Richland Center]].<ref>[https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=22988 ''Marshall County High Point, Indiana'' (PeakBagger.com, accessed 29 July 2020)]</ref> Marshall County contains three significant bodies of water: Lake of the Woods (NE portion); Lake Maxinkuckee (SW portion); and part of Koontz Lake (NW portion).<ref name=MCI/> The [[Yellow River (Indiana)|Yellow River]] flows through northern, central, and western portions of Marshall County, past Plymouth; the [[Tippecanoe River]] flows southwesterly through the SE part of the county.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer |publisher=[[DeLorme]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-89933-211-0 |location=Yarmouth ME |pages=20β21, 26β27}}</ref> According to the 2010 census, Marshall County has a total area of {{convert|449.74|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|443.63|sqmi}} (or 98.64%) is land and {{convert|6.11|sqmi}} (or 1.36%) is water.<ref name=DC/> ===Adjacent counties=== {{div col}} * [[St. Joseph County, Indiana|St. Joseph County]] - north * [[Elkhart County, Indiana|Elkhart County]] - northeast * [[Kosciusko County, Indiana|Kosciusko County]] - east * [[Fulton County, Indiana|Fulton County]] - south * [[Pulaski County, Indiana|Pulaski County]] - southwest * [[Starke County, Indiana|Starke County]] - west/CST Border {{div col end}} ===Protected areas=== * Menominee Wetland Conservation Area (W of [[Plymouth, Indiana|Plymouth]]) * [[Potawatomi Wildlife Park]] (on W bank of [[Tippecanoe River]] in SE county) ===Major highways=== {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * {{Jct|state=IN|US|6}} * {{Jct|state=IN|US|30}} * {{Jct|state=IN|US|31}} * {{Jct|state=IN|SR|8}} * {{Jct|state=IN|SR|10}} * {{Jct|state=IN|SR|17}} * {{Jct|state=IN|SR|25}} * {{Jct|state=IN|SR|106}} * {{Jct|state=IN|SR|110}} * {{Jct|state=IN|SR|117}} * {{Jct|state=IN|SR|331}} {{div col end}}
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