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Welcome to Isabella County ...

Time Zone: Isabella County lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Mount Pleasant is the Seat for Isabella County.

Isabella County was founded ?. Isabella was created by taking area from Saginaw and Midland Counties.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Isabella had a population of 69,872 people. This is a decrease of 0.6% since the last Census (which gave a population of 70,294 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Isabella represented 0.71% of the total population of Michigan.

Below are some of the communities located in Isabella County:

  • Lake Isabella
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Isabella
    • Lake Isabella is located in Isabella County (MI)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,688 people
    • Lake Isabella has also been known as:
    • Lake Isabella village
  • Mount Pleasant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Rosebush
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Shepherd
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
    • Shepherd is located in Isabella County (MI)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,490 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shepherd <2>

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Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
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