What is the geography of Flint, Michigan?
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 88.2 km sq (34.1 square miles). 87.1 km sq (33.6 mi sq) of it is land and 1.1 km sq (0.4 mi sq) of it (1.26%) is water. Flint lies just to the northeast of the Flint hills. The terrain is low and rolling along the south and east sides, and flatter to the northwest. For a city of its size, Flint has many neighborhoods, grouped around the center of the city on the four cardinal “sides.” The downtown business district is centered on Saginaw Street south of the Flint River. Just west, on opposite sides of the river, are Carriage Town (north) and the Grand Traverse Street District (south). These neighborhoods were the center of manufacturing for and profits from the nation’s carriage industry until the 1920s, and to this day are the site of many well-preserved Victorian eraVictorian homes and the setting of Atwood Stadium. Just north of downtown is River Village, a successful example of mixed-income public housing. T
