THE MENOMINEE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Upper Wolf River Stagnation Moraine setting.
Menominee County has 357.6 square miles of land in Wisconsin. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Menominee County: Upper Wolf River Stagnation Moraine, Green Bay Till and Lacustrine Plain, Brule and Paint River Drumlins, among others.
This transition between northern forests and southern farming country includes lakes, wetlands and hardwood woodland. Glacial landforms support a mosaic of open land and wooded areas.
Regional context: North Central Hardwood Forests ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Menominee County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Upper Wolf River Stagnation Moraine58.5%
- Green Bay Till and Lacustrine Plain32.5%
- Brule and Paint River Drumlins6.2%
- Wisconsin/Michigan Pine Barrens2.8%
Northern Lakes and Forests in Menominee County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Menominee County
The atlas lists 6 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Menominee County, including Menominee, Legend Lake, Neopit. 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 7.35 square miles of water within Menominee County, or 2% of its total area. That share is close to Menominee County’s 2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Menominee County has 58.8 times the land area of nearby Middle Village CDP (6.08 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Langlade County, Oconto County, Shawano County within Wisconsin. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

