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County Date Created Date Organized Parent County County Seat

ALCONA 1 Apr 1840 12 Mar 1869 Alpena, Cheboygan Harrisville

ALGER 17 Mar 1885 17 Mar 1885 Schoolcraft Munising

ALLEGAN 2 Mar 1831 7 Sept1835 Kalamazoo Allegan

ALPENA 1 Apr 1840 7 Feb 1857 Cheboygan Alpena

ANTRIM 1 Apr 1840 11 Mar 1863 Grand Traverse Bellaire

ARENAC 21 Apr 1883 21 Apr 1883 Bay, Saginaw Standish

BARAGA 19 Feb 1875 19 Feb 1875 Houghton L'anse

BARRY 29 Oct 1829 15 Mar 1839 St. Joseph, Kalamazoo Hastings

BAY 20 Apr 1857 20 Apr 1857 Saginaw, Midland Bay City

BENZIE 27 Feb 1863 30 Mar 1869 Grand Traverse, Leelanau Beulah

BERRIEN 29 Oct 1829 1Sept1831 Cass Saint Joseph

BRANCH 29 Oct 1829 1 Mar 1833 St. Joseph, Lenawee Coldwater

CALHOUN 29 Oct 1829 1 Apr 1833 St. Joseph, Kalamazoo Marshall

CASS 29 Oct 1829 29 Oct 1829 Lenawee Cassopolis

CHARLEVOIX 2 Apr 1869 2 Apr 1869 Emmet Charlevoix

CHEBOYGAN 1 Apr 1840 29 Jan 1853 Mackinac Cheboygan

CHIPPEWA 1 Feb 1827 1 Feb 1827 Mackinac Sault Sainte Marie

CLARE 1 Apr 1840 13 Mar 1871 Isabella, Midland, Mecosta Harrison

CLINTON 2 Mar 1831 2 Mar 1831 Shiawassee, Kent Saint Johns

CRAWFORD 1 Apr 1840 22 Mar 1879 Cheboygan, Antrim, Kalkaska Grayling

DELTA 9 Mar 1843 12 Mar 1861 Mackinac Escanaba

DICKINSON 21 May 1891 21 May 1891 Marquette, Menominee Iron Mountain

EATON 29 Oct 1829 29 Dec 1837 St. Joseph, Kalamazoo, Calhoun Charlotte

EMMET 1 Apr 1840 29 Jan 1853 Mackinac Petoskey

GENESEE 28 Mar 1835 28 Mar 1835 Lapeer Flint

GLADWIN 2 Mar 1831 18 Apr 1875 Saginaw, Midland Gladwin

GOGEBIC 7 Feb 1887 7 Feb 1887 Ontonagon Bessemer

GRAND TRAVERSE 7 Apr 1851 7 Apr 1851 Mackinac Traverse City

GRATIOT 2 Mar 1831 3 Feb 1855 Saginaw, Clinton Ithaca

HILLSDALE 29 Oct 1829 11 Feb 1835 Lenawee Hillsdale

HOUGHTON 19 Mar 1845 18 May 1846 Marquette, Schoolcraft, Ontonagon Houghton

HURON 1 Apr 1840 25 Jan 1859 Saginaw, St. Clair, Sanilac Badaxe

INGHAM 29 Oct 1829 4 Jun 1838 Washtenaw, Jackson, Eaton Mason

IONIA 2 Mar 1831 3 Apr 1837 Kent Ionia

IOSCO 1 Apr 1840 16 Feb 1857 Saginaw, Cheboygan Tawas City

IRON 3 Apr 1885 3 Apr 1885 Marquette, Menominee Crystal Falls

ISABELLA 2 Mar 1831 11 Feb 1859 Saginaw, Midland Mount Pleasant

JACKSON 29 Oct 1829 1 Aug 1832 Washtenaw Jackson

KALAMAZOO 29 Oct 1829 1 Oct 1830 St. Joseph Kalamazoo

KALKASKA 1 Apr 1840 27 Jan 1871 Grand Traverse, Antrim Kalkaska

KENT 2 Mar 1831 4 Apr 1836 Kalamazoo Grand Rapids

KEWEENAW 11 Mar 1861 11 Mar 1861 Houghton Eagle River

LAKE 1 Apr 1840 1 May 1871 Oceana, Mason, Newaygo Baldwin

LAPEER 10 Sep 1822 2 Feb 1835 Oakland Lapeer

LEELANAU 1 Apr 1840 27 Feb 1863 Grand Traverse Leland

LENAWEE 10 Sep 1822 31 Dec 1826 Wayne Adrian

LIVINGSTON 21 Mar 1833 4 Apr 1836 Shiawassee, Washtenaw Howell

LUCE 1 Mar 1887 1 Mar 1887 Chippewa, Mackinac Newberry

MACKINAC 26 Oct 1818 26 Jan 1837 Wayne and the French Saint Ignace

MACOMB 15 Jan 1818 15 Jan 1818 Wayne Mount Clemens

MANISTEE 1 Apr 1840 13 Feb 1855 Mackinac, Ottawa, Oceana, Grand Traverse Manistee

MARQUETTE 9 Mar 1843 1 Dec 1851 Chippewa, Houghton Marquette

MASON 1 Apr 1840 13 Feb 1855 Ottawa, Oceana Ludington

MECOSTA 1 Apr 1840 11 Feb 1858 Newaygo Bigrapids

MENOMINEE 15 Mar 1861 15 Mar 1861 Marquette Menominee

MIDLAND 2 Mar 1831 31 Dec 1850 Saginaw Midland

MISSAUKEE 1 Apr 1840 11 Mar 1871 Antrim, Grand Traverse Lake City

MONROE 14 Jul 1817 14 Jul 1817 Wayne Monroe

MONTCALM 2 Mar 1831 20 Mar 1850 Ionia Stanton

MONTMORENCY 1 Apr 1840 21 May 1881 Cheboygan, Alpena Atlanta

MUSKEGON 4 Feb 1859 4 Feb 1859 Ottawa Muskegon

NEWAYGO 1 Apr 1840 27 Jan 1851 Kent, Muskegon, Oceana White Cloud

OAKLAND 12 Jan 1819 28 Mar 1820 Wayne Pontiac

OCEANA 2 Mar 1831 7 Apr 1851 Ottawa Hart

OGEMAW 1 Apr 1840 27 Apr 1875 Saginaw, Branch West Branch

ONTONAGON 9 Mar 1843 1 Jan 1853 Chippewa, Houghton Ontonagon

OSCEOLA 1 Apr 1840 17 Mar 1869 Mason, Newaygo, Mecosta Reed City

OSCODA 1 Apr 1840 10 Mar 1881 Cheboygan, Alpena, Alcona Mio

OTSEGO 1 Apr 1840 12 Mar 1875 Michilimackinac Gaylord

OTTAWA 2 Mar 1831 19 Dec 1837 Kent Grand Haven

PRESQUE ISLE 1 Apr 1840 31 Mar 1871 Mackinac Rogers City

ROSCOMMON 1 Apr 1840 20 Mar 1875 Cheboygan, Midland Roscommon

SAGINAW 10 Sep 1822 9 Feb 1835 Oakland Saginaw

SAINT CLAIR 28 Mar 1820 8 May 1821 Wayne Port Huron

SAINT JOSEPH 29 Oct 1829 29 Oct 1829 Wayne Centreville

SANILAC 10 Sep 1822 31 Dec 1849 Oakland, St. Clair, Lapeer Sandusky

SCHOOLCRAFT 9 Mar 1843 23 Mar 1871 Chippewa, Houghton, Marquette Manistique

SHIAWASSEE 10 Sep 1822 18 Mar 1837 Oakland, Genesee Corunna

TUSCOLA 1 Apr 1840 2 Mar 1850 Saginaw Caro

VAN BUREN 29 Oct 1829 3 Apr 1837 Cass Paw Paw

WASHTENAW 10 Sep 1822 31 Dec 1826 Wayne, Oakland Ann Arbor

WAYNE 21 Nov 1815 21 Nov 1815 Original County Detroit

WEXFORD 1 Apr 1840 30 Mar 1869 Manistee Cadillac

Data in the above table collected by Donna Hoff-Grambau.