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County Date Created Date Organized Parent County County Seat County Coordinator
Alcona 1 Apr 1840 12 Mar 1869 Alpena, Cheboygan Harrisville Up For Adoption
Alger 17 Mar 1885 17 Mar 1885 Schoolcraft Munising Up For Adoption
Allegan 2 Mar 1831 7 Sep 1835 Kalamazoo Allegan Lynn Matt
Alpena 1 Apr 1840 7 Feb 1857 Cheboygan Alpena Up For Adoption
Antrim 1 Apr 1840 11 Mar 1863 Grand Traverse Bellaire Wayne Summers
Arenac 21 Apr 1883 21 Apr 1883 Bay, Saginaw Standish Gaynol Fales
Baraga 19 Feb 1875 19 Feb 1875 Houghton L'anse Donna Hoff-Grambau
Barry 29 Oct 1829 15 Mar 1839 St. Joseph, Kalamazoo Hastings Up For Adoption
Bay 20 Apr 1857 20 Apr 1857 Saginaw, Midland Bay City Donna Hoff-Grambau
Benzie 27 Feb 1863 30 Mar 1869 Grand Traverse, Leelanau Beulah Up For Adoption
Berrien 21 May 1891 21 May 1891 Cass St. Joseph Up For Adoption
Branch 29 Oct 1829 1 Mar 1833 St. Joseph, Lenawee Coldwater Jim Cox
Calhoun 29 Oct 1829 1 Apr 1833 St. Joseph, Kalamazoo Marshall Sandy Redmond
Cass 29 Oct 1829 29 Oct 1829 Lenawee Cassopolis Up For Adoption
Charlevoix 2 Apr 1869 2 Apr 1869 Emmet Charlevoix Ron Fuller
Cheboygan 1 Apr 1840 29 Jan 1853 Mackinac Cheboygan Up For Adoption
Chippewa 1 Feb 1827 1 Feb 1827 Mackinac Sault Ste Marie Up For Adoption
Clare 1 Apr 1840 13 Mar 1871 Isabella, Midland, Mecosta Harrison Donna Hoff-Grambau
Clinton 2 Mar 1831 2 Mar 1831 Shiawassee, Kent Saint Johns Wayne Summers
Crawford 22 Mar 1879 22 Mar 1879 Cheyboygan, Antrim, Kalkaska Grayling Up For Adoption
Delta 9 Mar 1843 21 May 1891 Mackinac Escanaba Up For Adoption
Dickinson 21 May 1891 21 May 1891 Marquette, Menominee Iron Mountain Up For Adoption
Eaton 29 Oct 1829 29 Dec 1837 St. Joseph, Kalamazoo, Calhoun Charlotte Up For Adoption
Emmet 1 Apr 1840 29 Jan 1853 Mackinac Petoskey Shannon Lanning
Genesee 28 Mar 1835 28 Mar 1835 Lapeer Flint Randy Cummings
Gladwin 2 Mar 1831 18 Apr 1875 Saginaw, Midland Gladwin Up For Adoption
Gogebic 7 Feb 1887 7 Feb 1887 Ontonagon Bessemer Up For Adoption
Grand Traverse 7 Apr 1851 7 Apr 1851 Mackinac Traverse City Up For Adoption
Gratiot 2 Mar 1831 3 Feb 1855 Saginaw, Clinton Ithaca Donna Hoff-Grambau
Hillsdale 29 Oct 1829 11 Feb 1835 Lenawee Hillsdale Up For Adoption
Houghton 19 Mar 1845 18 May 1846 Marquette, Schoolcraft, Ontonagon Houghton Donna Hoff-Grambau
Huron 1 Apr 1840 25 Jan 1859 Saginaw, St. Clair, Sanilac Bad Axe Gerald A. Little, Jr.
Ingham 29 Oct 1829 4 Jun 1838 Washtenaw, Jackson, Eaton Mason Up For Adoption
Ionia 2 Mar 1831 3 Apr 1837 Kent Ionia Wayne Summers
Iosco 1 Apr 1840 16 Feb 1857 Saginaw, Cheboygan Tawas City Shone Brooks
Iron 3 Apr 1885 3 Apr 1885 Marquette, Menominee Crystal Falls Up For Adoption
Isabella 2 Mar 1831 11 Feb 1859 Saginaw, Midland Mount Pleasant Donna Hoff-Grambau
Jackson 29 Oct 1829 4 Jun 1838 Washtenaw Jackson Shone Brooks
Kalamazoo 29 Oct 1829 1 Oct 1830 St. Joseph Kalamazoo Paula Johnson
Kalkaska 1 Apr 1840 27 Jan 1871 Grand Traverse, Antrim Kalkaska Up For Adoption
Kent 2 Mar 1831 4 Apr 1836 Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Up For Adoption
Keweenaw 11 Mar 1861 11 Mar 1861 Houghton Eagle River Donna Hoff-Grambau
Lake 1 Apr 1840 1 May 1871 Oceana, Mason, Newaygo Baldwin Up For Adoption
Lapeer 10 Sep 1822 2 Feb 1863 Oakland Lapeer William Haloupek
Leelanau 1 Apr 1840 27 Feb 1863 Grand Traverse Leland Up For Adoption
Lenawee 10 Sep 1822 31 Dec 1826 Wayne Adrian Robert Wessel
Livingston 21 Mar 1833 4 Apr 1836 Shiawassee, Washtenaw Howell Emma Winegarner
Lynette Winegarner
Luce 1 Mar 1887 1 Mar 1887 Chippewa, Mackinac Newberry Ron Fuller
Mackinac 26 Oct 1818 26 Jan 1837 Wayne and the French Saint Ignace Donna Hoff-Grambau
Macomb 15 Jan 1818 15 Jan 1818 Wayne Mount Clemens Margaret Fallone
Manistee 21 Maay 1891 21 May 1891 Mackinac, Ottawa, Oceana, Grand Traverse Manistee Up For Adoption
Marquette 9 Mar 1843 1 Dec 1851 Chippewa, Houghton Marquette Donna Hoff-Grambau
Mason 1 Apr 1840 13 Feb 1855 Ottawa, Oceana Ludington Dave Petersen
Mecosta 1 Apr 1840 11 Feb 1858 Newaygo Big Rapids Paula Johnson
Menominee 15 Mar 1861 15 Mar 1861 Marquette Menominee Up For Adoption
Midland 2 Mar 1831 31 Dec 1850 Saginaw Midland Donna Hoff-Grambau
Missaukee 1 Apr 1840 11 Mar 1871 Antrim, Grand Traverse Lake City Donna Hoff-Grambau
Monroe 14 Jul 1817 14 Jul 1817 Wayne Monroe Up For Adoption
Montcalm 2 Mar 1831 20 Mar 1871 Ionia Stanton Paula Johnson
Montmorency 1 Apr 1840 21 May 1881 Cheboygan, Alpena Atlanta Up For Adoption
Muskegon 4 Feb 1859 4 Feb 1859 Ottawa Muskegon Up For Adoption
Newaygo 1 Apr 1840 27 Jan 1851 Kent, Muskegon, Oceana White Cloud Up For Adoption
Oakland 12 Jan 1819 28 Mar 1820 Wayne Pontiac Mark Johnston
Oceana 2 Mar 1831 7 Apr 1851 Ottawa Hart Up For Adoption
Ogemaw 1 Apr 1840 27 Apr 1875 Saginaw, Branch West Branch Grace Dooley
Ontonagon 9 Mar 1843 1 Jan 1853 Chippewa, Houghton Ontonagon Colleen Pustola
Osceola 1 Apr 1840 17 Mar 1869 Mason, Newaygo, Mecosta Reed City Up For Adoption
Oscoda 1 Apr 1840 10 Mar 1881 Cheboygan, Alpena, Alcona Mio Up For Adoption
Otsego 1 Apr 1840 12 Mar 1875 Michilimackinac Gaylord Up For Adoption
Ottawa 2 Mar 1831 19 Dec 1837 Kent Grand Haven Up For Adoption
Presque Isle 1 Apr 1840 31 Mar 1871 Mackinac Rogers City Janet Anderson
B. J. Kemme
Roscommon 1 Apr 1840 20 Mar 1875 Cheboygan, Midland Roscommon Up For Adoption
Saginaw 10 Sep 1822 9 Feb 1835 Oakland Saginaw Donna Hoff-Grambau
St. Clair 28 Mar 1820 8 May 1821 Wayne Port Huron Wayne Summers
St. Joseph 29 Oct 1829 29 Oct 1829 Wayne Centreville Joel Newport
Sanilac 10 Sep 1822 31 Dec 1849 Oakland, St. Clair, Lapeer Sandusky Up For Adoption
Schoolcraft 9 Mar 1843 23 Mar 1871 Chippewa, Houghton, Marquette Manistique Ron Fuller
Shiawassee 2 Mar 1831 19 Dec 1837 Oakland, Genesee Corunna Up For Adoption
Tuscola 1 Apr 1840 2 Mar 1850 Saginaw Caro Up For Adoption
Van Buren 29 Oct 1829 3 Apr 1837 Cass Paw Paw Up For Adoption
Washtenaw 10 Sep 1822 31 Dec 1826 Wayne, Oakland Ann Arbor Shone Brooks
Wayne 21 Nov 1815 21 Nov 1815 Original County Detroit Up For Adoption
Wexford 1 Apr 1840 30 Mar 1869 Manistee Cadillac Up For Adoption

 

    State Coordinator: Colleen Pustola
Archives/Assistant State Coordinator: Wayne Summers