Gratiot County is a county in Michigan, United States, in the central Lower Peninsula between Alma and Ithaca. It had a population of 41,761 at the 2020 census and covers 572 square miles (1,480 km2) of mostly flat farmland, centred near 43°17′N 84°36′W.<\/p>\n
Ithaca is the county seat, and its postal code is 48847. The county has 3 incorporated cities, 3 incorporated villages, 2 census-designated places and a scatter of unincorporated communities spread across its 16 civil townships. It sits in the Eastern time zone, FIPS code 26057.<\/p>\n
Alma is the county’s largest city, though Ithaca, roughly half its size, has been the seat since the county organized. Two other cities, three villages and two census-designated places account for most of the county’s incorporated population, with the rest scattered across small unincorporated crossroads communities. In the table below, “CDP” marks a census-designated place and “Unincorp.” marks an unincorporated community with no municipal government of its own.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Township<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | Pine River Twp.<\/td>\n | 9,077<\/td>\n | 48801<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ithaca<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | Seville Twp.<\/td>\n | 2,912<\/td>\n | 48847<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Saint Louis<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | Pine River Twp.<\/td>\n | 3,894<\/td>\n | 48880<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ashley<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | Washington Twp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 48806<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Breckenridge<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | Wheeler Twp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 48615<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Perrinton<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | New Haven Twp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 48871<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Elm Hall<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 48830<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Riverdale<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | North Shade Twp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 48877<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bannister<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Emerson Twp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 48807<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Beebe<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Elwell<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 48832<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Forest Hill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Middleton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 48856<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| New Haven Center<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | New Haven Twp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Newark<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Newark Twp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| North Star<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | North Star Twp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 48862<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pompeii<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 48874<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sumner<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Sumner Twp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 48889<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sethton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wheeler<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Wheeler Twp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 48662<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Elm Hall (Seville and North Star townships) and Riverdale share a census tract with no incorporated government; both are recognized by the Census Bureau as CDPs rather than by the state as villages. Several small mobile-home communities named in older listings, such as Breckenridge MH Park and Evergreen Village MH Park, are private developments rather than separate settlements and are not counted here as distinct places.<\/p>\n Townships<\/h2>\nGratiot County has 16 civil townships. Population figures by township were not available from a verifiable source at time of writing; the table lists the township’s principal settlement where one exists.<\/p>\n \n |