Wrights

Ghost town · Midland County, Michigan

Edenville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Wrights is a ghost town in Midland County, Michigan. It is the only former community in Midland County recorded on the federal names register, out of 39 across Michigan.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Wrights as a historical populated place on the Edenville topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 43.7506° N, 84.3933° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Edenville
Elevation	654 ft
Nearest living town	Sanford, MI
Distance to it	5 miles
GNIS feature ID	2544187
Coordinates	43.75056, -84.39333

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What's there now

Wrights is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Sanford, MI (population 743), about 5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 654 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Hard Luck
ghost town · Gladwin County · 24.4 mi
Bangor
ghost town · Bay County · 28 mi
Saginaw River Rear Range Light
lighthouse · Bay County · 28.3 mi
Gibos Corners
ghost town · Osceola County · 38.4 mi
Cassbridge
ghost town · Saginaw County · 40.1 mi
Zehnder's Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Saginaw County · 44.1 mi
Gravelly Shoal Light
lighthouse · Arenac County · 46.5 mi

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.