THE OSCEOLA COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cadillac Hummocky Moraines setting.
Osceola County has 566.3 square miles of land in Michigan. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Osceola 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
Osceola County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Cadillac Hummocky Moraines95.2%
- Mio Plateau4.8%
Finding your parcel within Osceola County
The atlas lists 22 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Osceola County, including Highland, Burdell, Sherman. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Osceola County by land and water
The Census records 6.72 square miles of water within Osceola County, or 1.2% of its total area. That share is close to Osceola County’s 1.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Osceola County has 16.8 times the land area of nearby Rose Lake township (33.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Clare County, Isabella County, Lake County, Mecosta County, Missaukee County, Newaygo County, Wexford County within Michigan. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

