THE MIDLAND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Saginaw Lake Plain setting.
Midland city has 34.5 square miles of land in Bay County, Midland County. Its Census reference point is in Saginaw 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
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Midland intersects 2 county geographies: Bay County, Midland County. A Midland mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Midland by land and water
The Census records 1.97 square miles of water within Midland, or 5.4% of its total area. It is 36.1 percentage points lower than the 41.5% recorded for Michigan. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Midland city has 4.8 times the land area of nearby Midland charter township (7.19 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

