Crawford County, Michigan

Crawford County
Crawford County
County
	Crawford County Building in Grayling
	Location within the U.S. state of Michigan
	Michigan's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 44°41′N 84°37′W / 44.68°N 84.61°W
Country	United States
State	Michigan
Founded	1840
Named for	William Crawford
Seat	Grayling
Largest city	Grayling
Area
• Total	563 sq mi (1,460 km2)
• Land	556 sq mi (1,440 km2)
• Water	7.0 sq mi (18 km2) 1.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	12,988
• Density	25/sq mi (10/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	www.crawfordco.org

Crawford County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. Its population was 12,988 as of the 2020 census.^[2] The county seat of Crawford County is Grayling, the county's only incorporated community.^[3]

Crawford County is located in the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It contains land within three of Michigan's largest watersheds, belonging to the Au Sable, Manistee, and Muskegon rivers and 75% of the county is publicly owned by the Department of Military Affairs, the United States Forest Service or the State of Michigan.^[4]

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^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "COUNTY HISTORY". crawfordco.org. Crawford County, Michigan. Retrieved July 8, 2023.