THE MILLS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tawas Lake Plain setting.
Mills township has 34.2 square miles of land in Ogemaw County. Its Census reference point is in Tawas Lake Plain, within Northern Lakes and Forests.
Glacial hills, till plains, sandy outwash and old lake basins create a varied northern landscape. Conifer and hardwood forests surround many lakes across these glacially shaped uplands.
Regional context: Northern Lakes and Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Mills and Ogemaw County
Mills is associated with Ogemaw 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.
Mills by land and water
The Census records 1.35 square miles of water within Mills, or 3.8% of its total area. It is 1.8 percentage points higher than the 2% recorded for Ogemaw County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mills township has 3 times the land area of nearby Skidway Lake CDP (11.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

