THE MISSAUKEE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cadillac Hummocky Moraines setting.
Missaukee County has 564.8 square miles of land in Michigan. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Missaukee County: Cadillac Hummocky Moraines, 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
Where the landscape changes
Missaukee County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Cadillac Hummocky Moraines62.1%
- Mio Plateau37.9%
Finding your parcel within Missaukee County
The atlas lists 19 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Missaukee County, including Norwich, Pioneer, Aetna. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Missaukee County by land and water
The Census records 9.1 square miles of water within Missaukee County, or 1.6% of its total area. That share is close to Missaukee County’s 1.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Missaukee County has 15.7 times the land area of nearby Aetna township (35.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Clare County, Crawford County, Grand Traverse County, Kalkaska County, Osceola County, Roscommon County, Wexford County within Michigan. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

