THE WEXFORD COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cadillac Hummocky Moraines setting.
Wexford County has 564.9 square miles of land in Michigan. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Wexford County: Cadillac Hummocky Moraines, Mio Plateau, Newaygo 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
Wexford County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Cadillac Hummocky Moraines67%
- Mio Plateau25.3%
- Newaygo Barrens7.6%
Finding your parcel within Wexford County
The atlas lists 25 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Wexford County, including Wexford, Liberty, Henderson. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Wexford County by land and water
The Census records 10.5 square miles of water within Wexford County, or 1.8% of its total area. That share is close to Wexford County’s 1.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Wexford County has 672.5 times the land area of nearby Boon CDP (0.84 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Benzie County, Grand Traverse County, Kalkaska County, Lake County, Manistee County, Missaukee County, Osceola County within Michigan. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

