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The county was created by the Michigan Legislature in 1840 as Aishcum County, [4] then renamed Lake County in 1843, for its many lakes. It was administered by a succession of other Michigan counties prior to the organization of county government in 1871.
Lake County: 085: Baldwin: 1840: From part of Mackinac County. Was named Aischum County until 1843. Has several small lakes and lies near Lake Michigan: 12,734: 575 sq mi (1,489 km 2) Lapeer County: 087: Lapeer: 1822: From parts of Oakland County and St. Clair County. An Americanization of the French la pierre, meaning "the rock" (flint) 88,977 ...
Huron County is at the northern tip of the Thumb, which is a sub region of Mid Michigan. It is a peninsula, bordered by Saginaw Bay to the west and Lake Huron to the north and east, and has over 90 miles (140 km) of shoreline, from White Rock on Lake Huron to Sebewaing on the Saginaw Bay. Huron County's most prominent industry is agriculture ...
Newaygo County (/ n ə w eɪ ɡ oʊ / nə-WAY-goh) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States Census , the population was 49,978. [ 2 ] The county seat is White Cloud . [ 3 ]
Administrative divisions of Michigan. The state of Michigan is largely divided in the same way as many other U.S. states, but is distinct in its usage of charter townships. Michigan ranks 13th among the fifty states in terms of the number of local governmental entities. The state is divided into 83 counties, and further divided into 1,240 ...
At a total area of 97,990 square miles (253,800 km 2) – including those territorial waters – Michigan is the largest state east of the Mississippi River, and the eleventh largest state overall. More than half of the state's land area – 30,156 square miles (78,100 km 2) – is still forest. The state lies roughly between 41° and 49 ...
An intermediate school district (ISD) in the state of Michigan is a government agency usually organized at the county or multi-county level that assists a local school district in providing programs and services. [1] The following table lists every Intermediate school district in Michigan. [2]
The county's name is shortened from "Michilimackinac", which referred to the Straits of Mackinac area as well as the French settlement at the tip of the lower peninsula. [1] Mackinac County is one of two U.S. counties to feature shorelines on two Great Lakes, being Lake Huron and Lake Michigan (the other county being neighboring Chippewa County).