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There are 83 counties in the U.S. state of Michigan.
County |
FIPS code | County seat[1] | Established[1] | Origin | Meaning of name | Population (2020)[1] |
Area[1] | Map |
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Alcona County | 001 | Harrisville | 1840 (boundaries declared) 1869 (organized) | From unorganized territory; named Negwegon County until 1843 | Pseudo-Native American name created by Henry Schoolcraft | 10,167 | 1,791 sq mi (4,639 km2) | |
Alger County | 003 | Munising | 1885 | From part of Schoolcraft County | Russell A. Alger, (1836-1907): Governor and national politician |
8,842 | 5,049 sq mi (13,077 km2) | |
Allegan County | 005 | Allegan | 1831 (boundaries declared) 1835 (organized) | From part of Barry County, and unorganized territory | Pseudo-Native American name created by Henry Schoolcraft | 120,502 | 1,833 sq mi (4,747 km2) | |
Alpena County | 007 | Alpena | 1840 (boundaries declared) 1857 (organized) | From part of Mackinac County, and unorganized territory Was named Anamickee County until 1843. | Pseudo-Native American name created by Henry Schoolcraft | 28,907 | 1,695 sq mi (4,390 km2) | |
Antrim County | 009 | Bellaire | 1840 | From part of Mackinac County; named Meegisee County until 1843 | County Antrim, now in Northern Ireland | 23,431 | 602 sq mi (1,559 km2) | |
Arenac County | 011 | Standish | 1831 | From unorganized territory; annexed to Bay County in 1857, but reinstated in 1883 | Pseudo-Native American name created by Henry Schoolcraft | 15,002 | 681 sq mi (1,764 km2) | |
Baraga County | 013 | L'Anse | 1875 | From part of Houghton County | Frederic Baraga (1797-1868): Catholic missionary and first bishop of Sault Ste. Marie | 8,158 | 1,069 sq mi (2,769 km2) | |
Barry County | 015 | Hastings | 1829 | From unorganized territory | William T. Barry (1784-1835): Postmaster General in the Jackson Administration | 62,423 | 577 sq mi (1,494 km2) | |
Bay County | 017 | Bay City | 1857 | From parts of Arenac, Midland, and Saginaw Counties | Saginaw Bay | 103,856 | 631 sq mi (1,634 km2) | |
Benzie County | 019 | Beulah | 1863 | From part of Leelenau County | French name of Betsie River: (rivière aux) Bec-scies, the "(river of) sawbill ducks" | 17,970 | 860 sq mi (2,227 km2) | |
Berrien County | 021 | St. Joseph | 1829 | From unorganized territory | John M. Berrien (1781-1856): Attorney General in the Jackson Administration | 154,316 | 1,581 sq mi (4,095 km2) | |
Branch County | 023 | Coldwater | 1829 | From unorganized territory | John Branch (1782-1863): Secretary of the Navy in the Jackson Administration | 44,862 | 519 sq mi (1,344 km2) | |
Calhoun County | 025 | Marshall | 1829 | From unorganized territory | John C. Calhoun (1782-1850): Vice President of the United States in the Jackson Administration | 134,310 | 718 sq mi (1,860 km2) | |
Cass County | 027 | Cassopolis | 1829 | From unorganized territory | Lewis Cass (1782-1866): Secretary of War in the Jackson Administration | 51,589 | 508 sq mi (1,316 km2) | |
Charlevoix County | 029 | Charlevoix | 1869 | From parts of Antrim, Emmet, and Otsego Counties | Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix (1682-1761): Jesuit traveller and historian of New France | 26,054 | 1,391 sq mi (3,603 km2) | |
Cheboygan County | 031 | Cheboygan | 1840 | From part of Mackinac County | Cheboygan River | 25,579 | 885 sq mi (2,292 km2) | |
Chippewa County | 033 | Sault Ste. Marie | 1827 | From part of Mackinac County | Ojibwa Native American tribe, also known as the Chippewa | 36,785 | 2,698 sq mi (6,988 km2) | |
Clare County | 035 | Harrison | 1840 | From part of Mackinac County, and unorganized territory; named Kaykakee County until 1843 | County Clare, Ireland | 30,856 | 575 sq mi (1,489 km2) | |
Clinton County | 037 | St. Johns | 1831 | From unorganized territory | DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828): Governor of New York. | 79,128 | 575 sq mi (1,489 km2) | |
Crawford County | 039 | Grayling | 1840 | From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. Was named Shawano County until 1843. | William Crawford, (1732-82), American Revolutionary War colonel western surveyor | 12,988 | 563 sq mi (1,458 km2) | |
Delta County | 041 | Escanaba | 1843 | From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. | Greek letter delta, referring to the triangular shape of the original county, which included segments of Menominee, Dickinson, Iron and Marquette counties | 36,903 | 1,992 sq mi (5,159 km2) | |
Dickinson County | 043 | Iron Mountain | 1891 | From parts of Iron County, Marquette County and Menominee County. | Donald M. Dickinson (1846-1917): Postmaster General in the Cleveland Administration | 25,947 | 777 sq mi (2,012 km2) | |
Eaton County | 045 | Charlotte | 1829 | From unorganized territory. | John Eaton (1790-1856): Secretary of War in the Jackson Administration | 109,175 | 579 sq mi (1,500 km2) | |
Emmet County | 047 | Petoskey | 1840 | From part of Mackinac County. Was named Tonegadana County until 1843. | Robert Emmet (1778-1803): Irish nationalist and rebel leader | 34,112 | 882 sq mi (2,284 km2) | |
Genesee County | 049 | Flint | 1835 | From parts of Lapeer County, Saginaw County and Shiawassee County. | Seneca word, "je-nis-hi-yeh," meaning "beautiful valley": named after western New York valley from which many settlers came | 406,211 | 649 sq mi (1,681 km2) | |
Gladwin County | 051 | Gladwin | 1831 | From unorganized territory. | Major Henry Gladwin, British commander of the fort at Detroit during the siege by Chief Pontiac in 1763-64. | 25,386 | 516 sq mi (1,336 km2) | |
Gogebic County | 053 | Bessemer | 1887 | From part of Ontonagon County. | Probably from the Chippewa "bic" which most references interpret as "rock." | 14,380 | 1,476 sq mi (3,823 km2) | |
Grand Traverse County | 055 | Traverse City | 1851 | From part of Omeena County. | French grande traverse[note 1] ("long crossing"), given first to Grand Traverse Bay by French voyageurs. | 95,238 | 601 sq mi (1,557 km2) | |
Gratiot County | 057 | Ithaca | 1831 | From unorganized territory. | Captain Charles Gratiot (1788-1855), built Fort Gratiot at the present site of Port Huron | 41,761 | 572 sq mi (1,481 km2) | |
Hillsdale County | 059 | Hillsdale | 1829 | From unorganized territory. | From its terrain, made up of hills and dales.[3] | 45,746 | 607 sq mi (1,572 km2) | |
Houghton County | 061 | Houghton | 1845 | From parts of Marquette County and Ontonagon County. | Douglass Houghton (1809-1845), first state geologist of Michigan, physician and surgeon, mayor of Detroit (1842-1843) | 37,361 | 1,502 sq mi (3,890 km2) | |
Huron County | 063 | Bad Axe | 1840 | From part of Sanilac County. | Lake Huron, which the French named lac des Hurons after the Hurons. | 31,407 | 2,136 sq mi (5,532 km2) | |
Ingham County | 065 | Mason | 1829 (boundaries declared) 1838 (organized) | From parts of Shiawassee County, Washtenaw County and unorganized territory. | Samuel D. Ingham (1779-1860), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in the Jackson Administration | 284,900 | 561 sq mi (1,453 km2) | |
Ionia County | 067 | Ionia | 1831 | From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. | Province in ancient Greece | 66,804 | 580 sq mi (1,502 km2) | |
Iosco County | 069 | Tawas City | 1840 | From unorganized territory. Was named Kanotin County until 1843. | Pseudo-Native American name created by Henry Schoolcraft | 25,237 | 1,891 sq mi (4,898 km2) | |
Iron County | 071 | Crystal Falls | 1885 | From parts of Marquette County and Menominee County. | For the iron deposits and mines found in the county | 11,631 | 1,211 sq mi (3,136 km2) | |
Isabella County | 073 | Mt. Pleasant | 1831 | From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. | Queen Isabella I (1451-1504) of Spain, under whose patronage Columbus undertook his voyages. | 64,394 | 578 sq mi (1,497 km2) | |
Jackson County | 075 | Jackson | 1829 (boundaries declared) 1832 (organised) | From part of Washtenaw County and unorganized territory. | Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), 7th President of the United States and President when Michigan was admitted to the Union | 160,366 | 724 sq mi (1,875 km2) | |
Kalamazoo County | 077 | Kalamazoo | 1829 | From unorganized territory. | Named for the Kalamazoo River. See Etymology of Kalamazoo for a discussion of the river's name. | 261,670 | 580 sq mi (1,502 km2) | |
Kalkaska County | 079 | Kalkaska | 1840 | From part of Mackinac County. Was named Wabassee County until 1843. | Pseudo-Native American name created by Henry Schoolcraft | 17,939 | 571 sq mi (1,479 km2) | |
Kent County | 081 | Grand Rapids | 1831 | From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. | New York jurist James Kent, who represented the Michigan Territory in its dispute with Ohio over the Toledo Strip. | 657,974 | 872 sq mi (2,258 km2) | |
Keweenaw County | 083 | Eagle River | 1861 | From part of Houghton County. | Ojibwe word gakiiwe-wewaning meaning "portage" | 2,046 | 5,966 sq mi (15,452 km2) | |
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 | 12,096 | 575 sq mi (1,489 km2) | |
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) | 88,619 | 663 sq mi (1,717 km2) | |
Leelanau County | 089 | Suttons Bay Township | 1840 | From part of Mackinac County. | Pseudo-Native American name created by Henry Schoolcraft | 22,301 | 2,532 sq mi (6,558 km2) | |
Lenawee County | 091 | Adrian | 1822 | From part of Monroe County. | A name created by Henry Schoolcraft meaning a Native American word for man -- either from the Delaware "leno or lenno" or the Shawnee "lenawai" | 99,423 | 761 sq mi (1,971 km2) | |
Livingston County | 093 | Howell | 1833 (boundaries declared) 1836 (organized) | From parts of Shiawassee County and Washtenaw County. | Edward Livingston (1764-1836): second Secretary of State in the Andrew Jackson administration | 193,866 | 585 sq mi (1,515 km2) | |
Luce County | 095 | Newberry | 1887 | From parts of Chippewa County and Mackinac County. | Named for Michigan Governor Cyrus G. Luce | 5,339 | 1,912 sq mi (4,952 km2) | |
Mackinac County | 097 | St. Ignace | 1818 | From part of Wayne County. Was named Michilimackinac County until 1837. | Originally Michilimackinac, believed to be a French interpretation of the Native American name for Mackinac Island, meaning "big turtle" | 10,834 | 2,101 sq mi (5,442 km2) | |
Macomb County | 099 | Mt. Clemens | 1818 | From part of Wayne County. | Named for U.S. General Alexander Macomb, a notable officer of the War of 1812 | 881,217 | 570 sq mi (1,476 km2) | |
Manistee County | 101 | Manistee | 1840 | From part of Mackinac County. | Named for the Manistee River, which in turn is from the Ojibwe name, ministigweyaa meaning "(river) at whose mouth there are islands" | 25,032 | 1,281 sq mi (3,318 km2) | |
Marquette County | 103 | Marquette | 1843 | From parts of Chippewa County and Mackinac County. | Named for French Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette | 66,017 | 3,425 sq mi (8,871 km2) | |
Mason County | 105 | Ludington | 1840 | From part of Mackinac County. Was named Notipekago County until 1843. | Named for Michigan Governor Stevens T. Mason | 29,052 | 1,242 sq mi (3,217 km2) | |
Mecosta County | 107 | Big Rapids | 1840 | From parts of Mackinac County and Oceana County. | Named for Mecosta, a Native American leader | 39,714 | 571 sq mi (1,479 km2) | |
Menominee County | 109 | Menominee | 1861 | From part of Delta County. Was named Bleeker County until 1863. | Named for the Menominee Native American people | 23,502 | 1,338 sq mi (3,465 km2) | |
Midland County | 111 | Midland | 1831 | From part of Saginaw County and unorganized territory. | Located near the geographical center of the Lower Peninsula | 83,494 | 528 sq mi (1,368 km2) | |
Missaukee County | 113 | Lake City | 1840 | From part of Mackinac County. | Named for Missaukee, an Ottawa leader who signed land-grant treaties in 1831 and 1833 | 15,052 | 574 sq mi (1,487 km2) | |
Monroe County | 115 | Monroe | 1817 | From part of Wayne County. | Named for James Monroe, the fifth U.S. President | 154,809 | 680 sq mi (1,761 km2) | |
Montcalm County | 117 | Stanton | 1831 | From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. | Named for Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, a French military commander in Quebec | 66,614 | 721 sq mi (1,867 km2) | |
Montmorency County | 119 | Atlanta | 1840 | From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. Was named Cheonoquet County until 1843. | House of Montmorency, influential in the history of French Canada | 9,153 | 562 sq mi (1,456 km2) | |
Muskegon County | 121 | Muskegon | 1859 | From parts of Oceana County and Ottawa County. | Muskegon River running through county, from the Ojibwa/Chippewa word mashkig meaning "swamp" or "marsh." | 175,824 | 1,459 sq mi (3,779 km2) | |
Newaygo County | 123 | White Cloud | 1840 | From parts of Mackinac County and Oceana County. | Named for a Chippewa leader who signed the Saginaw Treaty of 1819[4] | 49,978 | 861 sq mi (2,230 km2) | |
Oakland County | 125 | Pontiac | 1819 (boundaries declared) 1820 (organized) | From part of Macomb County. | The numerous "oak openings" in the area: "majestic orchard[s] of oaks and hickories varied by small prairies, grassy lawns and clear lakes"[5] | 1,274,395 | 908 sq mi (2,352 km2) | |
Oceana County | 127 | Hart | 1831 | From part of Mackinac County. | Borders Lake Michigan, the freshwater "ocean." | 26,659 | 1,307 sq mi (3,385 km2) | |
Ogemaw County | 129 | West Branch | 1840 | From unorganized territory. Annexed to Iosco County in 1867 and reinstated in 1873. | The Ojibwe word ogimaa, meaning "chief" or "leader" | 20,770 | 575 sq mi (1,489 km2) | |
Ontonagon County | 131 | Ontonagon | 1843 | From parts of Chippewa County and Mackinac County. | Named for the Ontonagon River. The Ojibwa word onagon means "dish" or "bowl." | 5,816 | 3,741 sq mi (9,689 km2) | |
Osceola County | 133 | Reed City | 1840 | From part of Mackinac County. Was named Unwattin County until 1843. | Osceola (1804-1838), Seminole chief | 22,891 | 573 sq mi (1,484 km2) | |
Oscoda County | 135 | Mio | 1840 | From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. | Pseudo-Native American name created by Henry Schoolcraft | 8,219 | 572 sq mi (1,481 km2) | |
Otsego County | 137 | Gaylord | 1840 | From part of Mackinac County. Was named Okkudo County until 1843. | Named for Otsego County, New York | 25,091 | 526 sq mi (1,362 km2) | |
Ottawa County | 139 | Grand Haven | 1831 | From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. | Named for the Native American Ottawa people. | 296,200 | 1,632 sq mi (4,227 km2) | |
Presque Isle County | 141 | Rogers City | 1840 | From part of Mackinac County. | A derivation of the French phrase for "peninsula", literally "almost an island." | 12,982 | 2,573 sq mi (6,664 km2) | |
Roscommon County | 143 | Roscommon | 1840 | From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. Was named Mikenauk County until 1843. | County Roscommon, Ireland | 23,459 | 580 sq mi (1,502 km2) | |
Saginaw County | 145 | Saginaw | 1822 | From part of Oakland County. | A Native American term, perhaps a reference to the Saginaw River and Saginaw Bay, Ojibwe for "at the outlet" [6] | 190,124 | 816 sq mi (2,113 km2) | |
St. Clair County | 147 | Port Huron | 1820 | From part of Macomb County. | Named for either Arthur St. Clair, first governor of the Northwest Territory, or Saint Clair on whose feast day Lake St. Clair was discovered | 160,383 | 837 sq mi (2,168 km2) | |
St. Joseph County | 149 | Centreville | 1829 | From unorganized territory. | The St. Joseph River, which flows through the county.[7] | 60,939 | 521 sq mi (1,349 km2) | |
Sanilac County | 151 | Sandusky | 1822 | From part of St. Clair County. | Sanilac, a Wyandotte chief | 40,611 | 1,590 sq mi (4,118 km2) | |
Schoolcraft County | 153 | Manistique | 1843 | From parts of Chippewa County and Mackinac County. | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, (1793-1864): American geographer and Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Michigan |
8,047 | 1,884 sq mi (4,880 km2) | |
Shiawassee County | 155 | Corunna | 1822 | From parts of Oakland County and St. Clair County. | Named for the Shiawassee River, and means 'river that twists about.[8] | 68,094 | 541 sq mi (1,401 km2) | |
Tuscola County | 157 | Caro | 1840 | From part of Sanilac County. | Pseudo-Native American name created by Henry Schoolcraft | 53,323 | 914 sq mi (2,367 km2) | |
Van Buren County | 159 | Paw Paw | 1829 | From unorganized territory. | Martin Van Buren (1782-1862): Secretary of State in the Jackson Administration, later Vice President and eighth President of the United States | 75,587 | 1,090 sq mi (2,823 km2) | |
Washtenaw County | 161 | Ann Arbor | 1822 (boundaries declared) 1826 (organised) | From parts of Oakland County and Wayne County | From the Native American name for the Grand River, O-wash-ta-nong ("faraway water"),[9] whose headwaters were within the county's bounds. | 372,258 | 723 sq mi (1,873 km2) | |
Wayne County | 163 | Detroit | 1815 | All lands within Michigan Territory that had been ceded by Native Americans through the 1807 Treaty of Detroit. | "Mad" Anthony Wayne, (1745-1796): United States Army general and statesman |
1,793,561 | 672 sq mi (1,740 km2) | |
Wexford County | 165 | Cadillac | 1840 | From part of Mackinac County. Was named Kautawaubet County until 1843. | County Wexford, Ireland | 33,673 | 576 sq mi (1,492 km2) |
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