Briar Hill, the highest point in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, is located in northwestern Wexford County, at 1,706 feet (520 m).

[9] The day following the election, a sheriff's posse left the city for Manton by special train to seize the county records.

After they arrived and collected a portion of the materials, however, an angry crowd confronted the Cadillac men and drove them out of town.

[10] When the sheriff returned to Cadillac, he encountered a force consisting of several hundred armed men; this group reportedly included a brass band.

[11] The terrain slopes to the west,[12] with its highest point, Briar Hill in Manistee National Forest[13] at 1,706 feet (520 m).

[3] The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains vital records, administers public health regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of welfare and other social services.

In Michigan, most local government functions — police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc.

[23] Wexford County is divided between Michigan's 1st and 2nd congressional districts, both represented by Republicans Jack Bergman and John Moolenaar, respectively.