Central Michigan

43°34′54.5″N 84°46′32.5″W / 43.581806°N 84.775694°W / 43.581806; -84.775694

Mid-Michigan Central Michigan
Lower Peninsula of Michigan
Central Michigan and Mid Michigan describe the same general region of Michigan.
Country	United States
State	Michigan

Central Michigan, also called Mid Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As its name implies, it is the middle area of the Lower Peninsula. Lower Michigan is said to resemble a mitten, and Mid Michigan corresponds roughly to the thumb and palm, stretching from Michigan's eastern shoreline along Lake Huron into the fertile rolling plains of the Michigan Basin.^[1] The region contains cities of moderate size, including Flint, Saginaw, and the state capital of Lansing. Generally Central, or "Mid", Michigan is defined by governmental organizations as an area North of Jackson,^[2] and South of Clare.^[3]