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(Original text) : Color display of the counties of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, along with color-coded key. Sources: * File:Michigan Locator Map.PNG * File:Michigan counties map.gif Software used: Inkscape Date: 04 March 2010 Author:[[User:Sau: 08:36, 13 October 2011: 865 × 766 (933 KB) SreeBot (Original text) : Fixing label display problem
Five Michigan Upper Peninsula counties include nearby major islands: Mackinac Island, Round Island and Bois Blanc Island in Lake Huron are in Mackinac County; Sugar Island and Neebish Island in the St. Marys River, and Drummond Island in Lake Huron are in Chippewa County; Grand Island is in Alger County; Summer Island is Delta County; and Isle ...
County creation was intended to fulfill the goal of establishing government over unorganized territory, but a more important goal was encouraging settlement by surveying the land and dividing it into saleable sections. The creation of counties generally occurred in two stages. First the boundaries of a county were declared and given a name.
Marquette County (/ m ɑːr ˈ k ɛ t / mar-KET) is a county located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 66,017. [2] It is the most populous county in the Upper Peninsula. The county seat is Marquette. [3] The county is named for Father Marquette, a Jesuit missionary. It was set off in ...
Michigan's 1st congressional district is a United States congressional district that fully contains the 15 counties of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and 20 counties of Northern Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. The district is currently represented by Republican Jack Bergman.
Delta County is a county in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census , the population was 36,903. [ 2 ] The county seat is Escanaba . [ 3 ]
Michilimackinac County was created on October 26, 1818, by proclamation of territorial governor Lewis Cass. The county originally encompassed the Lower Peninsula of Michigan north of Macomb County and almost the entire present Upper Peninsula. As later counties were settled and organized, they were divided from this territory.
Iron County is one of two landlocked counties in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census , the population was 11,631. [ 3 ] The county seat is Crystal Falls .
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