Michigan County Creation Dates and Parent Counties
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| Name of County | Date Formed | Boundary Changes |
Parent County | Counties Created by Boundary Changes |
| Aishcum | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Oceana | renamed Lake 1843 |
| Alcona | 1843 Mar 08 | Details | renamed from Neewago | Oscoda |
| Alger | 1885 Mar 17 | Details | Schoolcraft | none |
| Allegan | 1831 Mar 02 | Details | Kalamazoo | none |
| Alpena | 1843 Mar 08 | Details | renamed from Anamickee | Alcona 1869, Oscoda 1840, Otsego 1840 |
| Anamickee | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Michigan Territory | renamed Alpena 1843 |
| Antrim | 1843 Mar 08 | Details | renamed from Meegisee | none |
| Arenac | 1831 Mar 02 | Details | Bay, Saginaw | none |
| Baraga | 1875 Feb 19 | Details | Houghton | none |
| Barry | 1829 Oct 29 | Details | St. Joseph, Kalamazoo | none |
| Bay | 1857 Feb 17 | Details | Saginaw, Midland | Arenac 1831 |
| Benzie | 1863 Feb 27 | Details | Grand Traverse, Leelanau | none |
| Berrien | 1829 Oct 29 | Details | Cass | none |
| Bleeker | 1861 1 18 | Details | Marquette | renamed Menominee 1863 |
| Branch | 1829 Oct 29 | Details | Michigan Territory | none |
| Brown | 1818 Oct 26 | Details | Michigan Territory | now in State of Wisconsin |
| Calhoun | 1829 Oct 29 | Details | St. Joseph, Kalamazoo | Eaton 1829 |
| Cass | 1829 Oct 29 | Details | Lenawee | Berrien 1829, Van Buren 1837 |
| Charlevoix | 1843 Mar 08 | Details | renamed from Reshkaiko | none |
| Cheboygan | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Mackinac | Alcona 1859, Alpena 1857, Forrest 1913, Iosco 1857, Ogemaw 1875, Oscoda 1840, Otsego 1840 |
| Cheonoquet | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Michigan Territory | renamed Montmorency 1843 |
| Chippewa | 1826 Dec 26 | Details | Mackinac | Houghton 1845, Luce 1887, Ontonagon 1848, Schoolcraft 1848 |
| Clare | 1843 Mar 08 | Details | renamed from Kaykakee | none |
| Clinton | 1831 Mar 02 | Details | Shiawassee, Kent | Gratiot 1855 |
| Crawford (old) | 1818 Oct 26 | Details | Michigan Territory | now in State of Wisconsin |
| Crawford | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Michigan Territory |
none |
| Delta | 1843 Mar 09 | Details | Schoolcraft | none |
| Demoine | 1833 Jun 01 | Details | Michigan Territory | now in State of Iowa |
| Dickinson | 1851 Jan 15 | Details | Kossuth | Emmet 1851 |
| Dubuque (old) | 1834 Sep 06 | Details | Michigan Territory | now in State of Iowa |
| Eaton | 1829 Oct 29 | Details | St. Joseph, Calhoun, Kalamazoo | Ingham 1829 |
| Emmet | 1843 Mar 08 | Details | renamed from Tonedagana | Charlevoix 1869 |
| Genesee | 1836 Mar 08 | Details | Oakland | none |
| Gladwin | 1831 Mar 02 | Details | Saginaw, Midland | none |
| Gogebic | 1881 Feb 07 | Details | Ontonagon | none |
| Grand Traverse | 1840 Apr 01 | TRAVERSE Details | Mackinac | Antrim 1843, Benzie 1863, Leelanau 1863 |
| Gratiot | 1831 Mar 02 | Details | Saginaw, Clinton | none |
| Hillsdale | 1829 Oct 29 | Details | Lenawee | none |
| Houghton | 1845 Mar 09 | Details | Chippewa | Baraga 1875, Keweenaw 1861, Ontonagon 1848, Schoolcraft 1848 |
| Huron | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Saginaw, St. Clair, Sanilac | none |
| Ingham | 1829 Oct 29 | Details | Washtenaw, Eaton, Jackson | none |
| Ionia | 1831 Mar 02 | Details | Kent | Montcalm 1831 |
| Iosco | 1843 Mar 08 | Details | renamed from Kanotin | Ogemaw 1875 |
| Iowa | 1829 Oct 09 | Details | Michigan Territory | now in State of Wisconsin |
| Iron | 1885 Apr 03 | Details | Marquette, Menominee | none |
| Isabella | 1831 Mar 02 | Details | Saginaw, Midland | Clare 1871 |
| Isle Royal | 1875 5 18 | Details | Keweenaw | dissolved 1897, part of Keweenaw |
| Jackson | 1829 Oct 29 | Details | Washtenaw | none |
| Kalamazoo | 1829 Oct 29 | Details | St. Joseph | Allegan 1835, Barry 1829, Calhoun 1829, Eaton 1829, Kent 1836 |
| Kalkaska | 1843 Mar 08 | Details | renamed from Wabasee | none |
| Kanotin | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Michigan Territory | renamed Iosco 1843 |
| Kautawaubet | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Michigan Territory | renamed Wexford 1843 |
| Kaykakee | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Michigan Territory | renamed Clare 1843 |
| Kent | 1831 Mar 02 | Details | Kalamazoo | Clinton 1839, Ionia 1831, Mecosta 1859, Newaygo 1840, Ottawa 1837 |
| Keweenaw | 1861 Mar 11 | Details | Houghton, Iowa | Isle Royal (dissolved 1897) |
| Lake | 1843 Mar 08 | Details | renamed from Aishcum | none |
| Lapeer | 1822 Sep 10 | Details | Oakland | Sanilac 1848 |
| Leelanau | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Grand Traverse | Benzie 1863 |
| Lenawee | 1822 Sep 10 | Details | Indian lands | Cass 1829, Hillsdale 1835 |
| Livingston | 1836 Mar 24 | Details | Shiawassee, Washtenaw | none |
| Luce | 1887 Mar 01 | Details | Chippewa, Mackinac | none |
| Mackinac | 1843 Mar 08 | Details | renamed from Michilimackinac | Cheboygan 1840, Chippewa 1826, Emmet 1853, Grand Traverse 1840, Luce 1887, Manistee 1855, Otsego 1840 |
| Macomb | 1818 Mar 11 | Details | Wayne | none |
| Manistee | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Mackinac, Ottawa, Oceana | none |
| Manitou | 1855 Feb 13 | Details | Michigan Territory | dissolved 1895 |
| Marquette | 1843 Mar 09 | Details | Schoolcraft | Dickinson 1891, Iron 1885, Menominee 1863, Washington 1867 |
| Mason | 1843 Mar 08 | Details | renamed from Notipekago | Lake 1871, Osceola 1869 |
| Mecosta | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Kent, Newaygo | Clare 1871, Osceola 1869 |
| Meegisee | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Michigan Territory | renamed Antrim 1843 |
| Menominee | 1863 Mar 19 | Details | renamed from Bleeker 1861 | Dickinson 1891, Iron 1885 |
| Michilimackinac | 1818 Oct 26 | Details | Michigan Territory | renamed Mackinac 1843 |
| Midland | 1831 Mar 02 | Details | Saginaw | Bay 1857, Clare 1871, Gladwin 1855, Isabella 1831, Ogemaw 1875 |
| Mikensauk | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Michigan Territory | renamed Roscommon 1843 |
| Milwaukee | 1834 Sep 06 | Details | Michigan Territory | now in State of Wisconsin |
| Monroe | 1817 Jul 14 | Details | Wayne | none |
| Montcalm | 1831 Mar 02 | Details | Ionia | none |
| Montmorency | 1843 Mar 08 | Details | renamed from Cheonoguet | none |
| Muskegon | 859 Feb 04 | Details | Ottawa, Newaygo | none |
| Negwegon (old) | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Michigan Territory | renamed Alcona 1843 |
| Newaygo | 1840 Ap 01 | Details | Kent, Muskegon, Oceana | Lake 1871, Mecosta 1854, Osceola 1869, Muskegon 1859 |
| Notipekago | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Michigan Territory | renamed Mason 1843 |
| Oakland | 1819 Jan 12 | Details | Michigan Territory | Genesee 1836, lapeer 1835, Sanilac 1848, Saginaw 1822, Shaiwassee 1822 |
| Oceana | 1831 Mar 02 | Details | Ottawa | Lake 1871, Manistee 1855, Mason 1855, Newaygo 1840 |
| Ogemaw | 1875 Feb 27 | Details | Cheboygan, Midland, Iosco | none |
| Okkado | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Michigan Territory | renamed Otsego 1843 |
| Ontonagon | 1848 Apr 03 | Details | Chippewa, Houghton | Gogebic 1881 |
| Osceola | 1843 Mar 08 | Details | renamed from Unwattin | none |
| Oscoda | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Michigan Territory | none |
| Otsego | 1843 Mar 08 | Details | renamed from Okkado | none |
| Ottawa | 1831 Mar 02 | Details | Kent | Manistee 1855, Mason 1855 |
| Presque Isle | 1840 Apr 01 | ISLE Details | Michigan Territory | none |
| Reshkaiko | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Michigan Territory | renamed Charlevoix 1843 |
| Roscommon | 1843 Mar 08 | Details | renamed from Mikenauk | none |
| Saginaw | 1822 Sep 10 | Details | Oakland | Arenac 1883, Bay 1857, Gladwin 1855, Gratiot 1855, Huron 1840, Iosco 1857, Isabella 1831, Midland 1850 |
| St. Clair | 1820 Sep 10 | CLAIR Details | Wayne | Huron 1840, Sanilac 1848 |
| St. Joseph | 1829 Oct 29 | JOSEPH Details | Wayne | Barry 1829, Calhoun 1829, Eaton 1829, Kalamazoo 1829 |
| Sanilac | 1822 Sep 10 | Details | Oakland, St. Clair, Lapeer | Huron 1840, Tuscola 1850 |
| Schoolcraft | 1843 Mar 09 | Details | Chippewa, Houghton | Alger 1855, Delta 1861, Marquette 1851 |
| Shawano | 1818 Oct 26 | Details | Michigan Territory | now in State of Wisconsin |
| Shiawassee | 1822 Sep 10 | Details | Oakland, Genesee | Clitnon 1839, Livingston 1836 |
| Tonedagana | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Michigan Territory | renamed Emmet 1843 |
| Tuscola | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Sanilac | none |
| Unwattin | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Michigan Territory | renamed Osceola 1843 |
| Van Buren | 1829 Oct 29 | BUREN Details | Cass | none |
| Wabasee | 1840 Apr 01 | Details | Michigan Territory | renamed Kalkaska 1843 |
| Washtenaw | 1822 Nov 20 | Details | Wayne | Livingston 1836, Ingahm 1829, Jackson 1832 |
| Wayne | 1796 Aug 18 | Details | Northwest Territory | Michilimackinac 1818, Macomb 1818, Monroe 1817, St. Clair 1820, St. Joseph 1820, Washtenaw 1826 |
| Wexford | 1843 Mar 08 | Details | renamed from Kautawaubet | none |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ [http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Michigan/viewer.htm Michigan Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Douglas Knox, Book Digitizing Director and Digital Compiler; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant. Copyright The Newberry Library 2008.