Editing Gratiot County, Michigan (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|572|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|568|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|3.1|sqmi}} (0.6%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_26.txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113024015/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_26.txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 13, 2013|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> It is considered to be part of [[Central Michigan]].

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Midland County, Michigan|Midland County]] – northeast
* [[Isabella County, Michigan|Isabella County]] – northwest
* [[Saginaw County, Michigan|Saginaw County]] – east
* [[Montcalm County, Michigan|Montcalm County]] – west
* [[Shiawassee County, Michigan|Shiawassee County]] – southeast
* [[Clinton County, Michigan|Clinton County]] – south
* [[Ionia County, Michigan|Ionia County]] – southwest

===Major highways===
* {{jct|state=MI|US|127}} – runs north to [[Interstate 75 in Michigan|I-75]] and south to Lansing.
* {{jct|state=MI|US-Bus|127|dab1=Alma}} – [[business loop]] through downtown Alma.
* {{jct|state=MI|US-Bus|127|dab1=Ithaca}} – business loop through downtown Ithaca.
* {{jct|state=MI|US-Bus|127|dab1=St. Louis}} – business loop through downtown St. Louis.
* {{jct|state=MI|M|30}} – a north–south highway that runs north into Midland County; runs north to [[West Branch, Michigan|West Branch]].
* {{jct|state=MI|M|46}} – cross-peninsular highway that runs east to Saginaw and Port Sanilac; runs west to [[Muskegon, Michigan|Muskegon]].
* {{jct|state=MI|M|57}} – runs east to Flint; runs west to [[US 131]] near Grand Rapids.