Isabella County, Michigan

Isabella County
Isabella County
County
	St. John's Episcopal Church in Mount Pleasant
	Seal
	Location within the U.S. state of Michigan
	Michigan's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 43°39′N 84°50′W / 43.65°N 84.84°W
Country	United States
State	Michigan
Founded	1831 (created); 1859 (organized)
Named for	Queen Isabella I of Castile
Seat	Mount Pleasant
Largest city	Mount Pleasant
Area
• Total	578 sq mi (1,500 km2)
• Land	573 sq mi (1,480 km2)
• Water	5.0 sq mi (13 km2) 0.9%
Population (2020)
• Total	64,394
• Density	124/sq mi (48/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	2nd
Website	www.isabellacounty.org

Isabella County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 64,394.^[2] Its county seat is Mount Pleasant.^[3] The area was known as Ojibiway Besse, meaning "the place of the Ojibwa".^[4] Isabella County contains the Isabella Indian Reservation, on which members of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation live.

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^ "State & County QuickFacts". U.S. 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.
^ History of Isabella County Archived May 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Isabella County, Michigan website (accessed April 21, 2007)