THE CRAWFORD COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Mio Plateau setting.
Crawford County has 556.4 square miles of land in Michigan. The mapped landscape region in Crawford County is Mio Plateau.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Finding your parcel within Crawford County
The atlas lists 7 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Crawford County, including Grayling charter, South Branch, Lovells. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Crawford County by land and water
The Census records 6.9 square miles of water within Crawford County, or 1.2% of its total area. That share is close to Crawford County’s 1.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Crawford County has 3.3 times the land area of nearby Grayling charter township (170.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Antrim County, Kalkaska County, Missaukee County, Montmorency County, Ogemaw County, Oscoda County, Otsego County, Roscommon County within Michigan. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

