THE DICKINSON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Menominee Drumlins and Ground Moraine setting.
Dickinson County has 761 square miles of land in Michigan. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Dickinson County: Menominee Drumlins and Ground Moraine, Wisconsin/Michigan Pine Barrens, Winegar Dead Ice Moraine.
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
Where the landscape changes
Dickinson County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Menominee Drumlins and Ground Moraine47.9%
- Wisconsin/Michigan Pine Barrens43.5%
- Winegar Dead Ice Moraine8.6%
Finding your parcel within Dickinson County
The atlas lists 11 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Dickinson County, including Sagola, Felch, West Branch. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Dickinson County by land and water
The Census records 15.6 square miles of water within Dickinson County, or 2% of its total area. That share is close to Dickinson County’s 2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Dickinson County has 5.3 times the land area of nearby Felch township (142.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Iron County, Marquette County, Menominee County within Michigan. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

