The village is located within Climax Township on the northern boundary with Charleston Township, and is roughly 12 miles (19 km) west of Battle Creek and 16 miles (26 km) east of Kalamazoo.

Climax shares a school district with the neighboring town of Scotts.

[5] Climax got its name in 1834, when the family of Judge Caleb Eldred found a prairie after months of searching for good farmland.

His son, Daniel B. Eldred, climbed a tree to look around and said, "This caps the climax of everything we saw.

"[6][7] On December 3, 1896, Climax and the surrounding area was the first community to receive free rural mail service from the U.S. Post Office in the state of Michigan.

[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.06 square miles (2.75 km2), all land.

18.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.