THE MENOMINEE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Menominee Drumlins and Ground Moraine setting.
Menominee County has 1,044 square miles of land in Michigan. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Menominee County: Menominee Drumlins and Ground Moraine, Menominee-Drummond Lakeshore, Wisconsin/Michigan Pine Barrens.
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
Menominee County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Menominee Drumlins and Ground Moraine77%
- Menominee-Drummond Lakeshore13.8%
- Wisconsin/Michigan Pine Barrens9.1%
Finding your parcel within Menominee County
The atlas lists 20 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Menominee County, including Spalding, Harris, Meyer. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Menominee County by land and water
The Census records 294.1 square miles of water within Menominee County, or 22% of its total area. That share is close to Menominee County’s 22%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Menominee County has 12.9 times the land area of nearby Nadeau township (80.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Delta County, Dickinson County, Marquette County within Michigan. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

