History of Michigan County Creation and Dissolution


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On January 26, 1837, Michigan became the 26th state in the union.
Source: I copied this from a census index (one of the early ones -- 1820, 30 or 40 I think) at the library, and stuck on it the Internet. Shameless, I know.

County Name

Date Organized

Parent County

Progeny County

Aishcum (1)

1 Apr 1840

Oceana

  

Alcona (2)

1 Apr 1840

Alpena, Cheboygan

Oscoda 1840

Alger

17 Mar 1885

Schoolcraft

  

Allegan

2 Mar 1831

Kalamazoo

  

Alpena (3)

1 Apr 1840

Cheboygan

Alcona 1869, Oscoda 1840, Otsego, 1840

Anamickee (3)

1 Apr 1840

Michigan Territory

Alpena 1843

Antrim (4)

1 April 1840

Grand Traverse

Kalkaska

Arenac

2 Mar 1831

Bay, Saginaw

  

Baraga

19 Feb 1875

Houghton

  

Barry

29 Oct 1829

St. Joseph, Kalamazoo

  

Bay

17 Feb 1857

Saginaw, Midland

Arenac 1883

Benzie

27 Feb 1863

Grand Traverse, Leelanau

  

Berrien

29 Oct 1829

Cass

  

Bleeker (13)

1861

Marquette

  

Branch

29 Oct 1829

Michigan Territory

  

Brown

26 Oct 1818

Michigan Territory

  

Calhoun

29 Oct 1829

St. Joseph, Kalamazoo

Eaton 1829

Cass

29 Oct 1829

Lenawee

Berrien 1829, Van Buren 1837

Charlevoix (5)

1 Apr 1840

Emmet

  

Cheboygan

1 Apr 1840

Mackinac

Alcona 1859, Alpena 1857, Forrest 1913, Iosco 1857, Ogemaw 1875, Oscoda 1840, Otsego 1840

Chenoquet (14)

1 Apr 1840

Montmorency

  

Chippewa

26 Dec 1826

Mackinac

Houghton 1845, Luce 1887, Ontonagon 1848, Schoolcraft 1848

Clare (6)

1 Mar 1840

Isabella, Midland, Mecosta

  

Clinton

2 Mar 1831

Shiawassee, Kent

Gratiot 1855

Crawford (7)

26 Oct 1818

Michigan Territory

Presque Isle 1871

Crawford

10 Sep 1822

Michigan Territory

  

Delta

9 Mar 1843

Schoolcraft

  

De Moines

1834

Michigan Territory

  

Dickinson

21 May 1891

Marquette, Menominne

  

Dubuque

  

Michigan Territory

  

Eaton

29 Oct 1829

St. Joseph, Calhoun, Kalamazoo

Ingham 1829

Emmet (8)

1 Apr 1840

Mackinac

Charlevoix 1869

Forrest

1913

Cheboygan, Presque Isle

  

Genesee

8 Mar 1836

Oakland

Shiawassee 1822

Gladwin

2 Mar 1831

Saginaw, Midland

  

Gogebic

7 Feb 1881

Ontonagon

  

Grand Traverse

1 Apr 1840

Mackinac

Antrim 1843, Benzie 1863, Leelanau 1863

Gratiot

2 Mar 1831

Saginaw, Clinton

  

Hillsdale

29 Oct 1829

Lenawee

  

Houghton

9 Mar 1845

Chippewa

Baraga 1875, Keweenaw 1861, Ontonagon 1848, Schoolcraft 1848

Huron

1 Apr 1840

Saginaw, St. Clair, Sanilac

  

Ingham

29 Oct 1829

Washtenaw, Eaton, Jackson

  

Ionia

2 Mar 1831

Kent

Montcalm 1831

Iosco (9)

1 Feb 1840

Saginaw, Cheboygan

Ogemaw 1875

Iowa

2 Mar 1831

Michigan Territory

Keweenaw 1861

Iron

3 Apr 1885

Marquette, Menominee

  

Isabella

2 Mar 1831

Saginaw, Midland

Clare 1871

Isle Royal

1875

Disorganized 1897

  

Jackson

29 Oct 1829

Washtenaw

Ingham 1829

Kalamazoo

29 Oct 1829

St. Joseph

Allegan 1835, Barry 1829, Calhoun 1829, Eaton 1829, Kent 1836

Kalkaska (10)

1 Apr 1840

Grand Traverse, Antrim

Wabassee

Kanotin (9)

1 Apr 1840

Michigan Territory

  

Kautawaubet

1 Apr 1840

Michigan Territory

  

Kaykakee (6)

1 Apr 1840

Michigan

  

Kent

2 Mar 1831

Kalamazoo

Clinton 1839, Ionia 1831, Mecosta 1859, Newaygo 1840, Ottawa 1837

Keskkauko

1 Apr 1840

Michigan

  

Keweenaw

11 Mar 1861

Houghton, Iowa

  

Lake (1)

18 Mar 1871

Oceana, Mason, Newaygo

  

Lapeer

10 Sep 1822

Oakland

Sanilac 1848

Leelanau

1 Apr 1840

Grand Traverse

Benzie 1863

Lenawee

10 Sep 1822

Indian Land

Cass 1829, Hillsdale 1835

Livingston

24 Mar 1836

Shiawassee, Washtenaw

  

Luce

1 Mar 1887

Chippewa, Mackinac

  

Mackinac (11)

26 Oct 1818

Wayne, the French Michilimackinac

Cheboygan 1840, Chippewa 1826, Emmet 1853, Grand Traverse 1840, Luce 1887, Manistee 1855, Otsego 1840

Macomb

11 Mar 1818

Wayne

  

Manistee

1 Apr 1840

Mackinac, Ottawa, Oceana

  

Manitou (15)

13 Feb 1855

Michigan Territory

  

Marquette

9 Mar 1843

Schoolcraft

Dickinson 1891, Iron 1885, Menominee 1863, Washington 1867

Mason (12)

1 Apr 1840

Ottawa, Oceana

Lake 1871, Osceola 1869

Mecosta

1 Apr 1840

Kent, Newaygo

Clare 1871, Osceola 1869

Meegisee (14)

1 Apr 1840

Michigan Territory

  

Menominee (13)

19 Mar 1863

Marquette

Dickinson 1891, Iron 1885

Michilimackinac (11)

26 Oct 1818

Michigan Territory

Mackinac 1818

Midland

2 Mar 1831

Saginaw

Bay 1857, Clare 1871, Gladwin 1855, Isabella 1831, Ogemaw 1875

Mikenauk (17)

1 Apr 1840

Michigan Territory

Omeena 1840

Milwaukee

1834

Michigan Territory

  

Missaukee

1 Apr 1840

Antrim, Grand Traverse, Roscommon

  

Monroe

14 Jul 1817

Wayne

  

Montcalm

2 Mar 1831

Ionia

  

Montmorency (14)

1 Apr 1840

Michigan Territory

  

Muskegon

4 Feb 1859

Ottawa, Newaygo

Newaygo 1840

Neewago (2)

1 Apr 1840

Michigan Territory

  

Negwegon

1 Apr 1840

Michigan Territory

  

Newaygo

1 Apr 1840

Kent, Muskegon, Oceana

Lake 1871, Mecosta 1854, Osceola 1869, Muskegon 1859

Notipekago (12)

1 Apr 1840

Michigan Territory

  

Oakland

12 Jan 1819

Michigan Territory

Genesee 1836, Lapeer 1835, Sanilac 1848, Saginaw 1822, Shiawassee 1822

Oceana

2 Mar 1831

Ottawa

Lake 1871, Manistee 1855, Mason 1855, Newaygo 1840

Ogemaw

27 Feb 1875

Cheboygan, Midland, Iosco

  

Okkuddo (16)

1 Apr 1840

Otsego

  

Omeena (11)

1 Apr 1840

Mackinaw

  

Ontonagon

3 Apr 1848

Chippewa, Houghton

Gogebic 1881

Osceola (19)

1 Apr 1840

Mason, Newaygo, Mecosta

  

Oscoda

1 Apr 1840

Cheboygan, Alpena, Cheboygan

  

Otsego (16)

1 Apr 1840

Mackinac, Alpena, Alcona

  

Ottawa

2 Mar 1831

Kent

Manistee 1855, Mason 1855

Presque Isle

1 Apr 1840

Crawford

Forrest 1913

Reshkauko (5)

1 Apr 1840

Michigan Territory

  

Roscommon (17)

1 Apr 1840

Michigan Territory

Missaukee 1840

Saginaw

10 Sep 1822

Oakland

Arenac 1883, Bay 1857, Gladwin 1855, Gratiot 1855, Huron 1840, Iosco 1857, Isabella 1831, Midland 1850

St. Clair

10 Sep 1820

Wayne

Huron 1840, Sanilac 1848

St. Joseph

29 Oct 1829

Wayne

Barry 1829, Calhoun 1829, Eaton 1829, Kalamazoo 1829

Sanilac

10 Sep 1822

Oakland, St. Clair, Lapeer

Huron 1840, Tuscola 1850

Schoolcraft

9 Mar 1843

Chippewa, Houghton

Alger 1885, Delta 1861, Marquette 1851

Shawano (7)

26 Oct 1818

Michigan Territory

  

Shiawassee

10 Sep 1822

Oakland, Genesee

Clinton 1839, Livingston 1836

Tonedagana (8)

1 Apr 1840

Michigan Territory

  

Tuscola

1 Apr 1840

Sanilac

  

Unwattin (19)

1 Apr 1840

Michigan Territory

  

Van Buren

29 Oct 1829

Cass

  

Wabassee (10)

1 Apr 1840

Kalkaska 1843

  

Washington

1867

Marquette

  

Washtenaw

20 Nov 1822

Wayne

Livingston 1836, Ingham 1829, Jackson 1832

Wayne

18 Aug 1796

Michigan Territory

Mackinac 1818, Macomb 1818, Monroe 1817, St. Clair 1820, St. Joseph 1820, Washtenaw 1826

Wexford (18)

1 Apr 1840

Michigan Territory

  

Wyandotte

1 Apr 1840

Michigan Territory

  

FOOTNOTES:

  1. Aishcum County was organized 1 April 1840 and renamed Lake County 8 March 1843.
  2. Neewago County was organized 1 April 1840 and renamed Alcona County 8 March 1843.
  3. Animickie County was organized 1 April 1840 and renamed Alpena County 8 March 1843.
  4. Meegisee County was organized 1 April 1840 and renamed Antrim County 8 March 1843.
  5. Reshkaiko County was organized 1 April 1840 and renamed Charlevoix County 8 March 1843.
  6. Kaykakee County was organized 1 April 1840 and renamed Clare County 8 March 1843.
  7. Shawano County was organized 26 oct 1818 and renamed Crawford County 8 March 1843.
  8. Tonedagana County was organized 1 April 1840 and renamed Emmet County 8 March 1843.
  9. Kanotin County was organized 1 Feb 1840 and renamed Iosco County 8 March 1843.
  10. Wabasee County was organized 1 April 1840 and renamed Kalkaska County 8 March 1843.
  11. Michilimackinac County was organized 26 Oct 1818 and renamed Mackinac County 8 March 1843.
  12. Notipekago County was organized 1 April 1840 and renamed Mason County 8 March 1843.
  13. Bleeker County was organized in 1861 and renamed Menominee County 19 March 1863.
  14. Chenonoguet County was organized 1 April 1840 and renamed Montmorency County 8 March 1843.
  15. Manitou County was organized 13 Feb 1855 and was disbanded 1895.
  16. Okkado County was organized 1 April 1840 and renamed Otsego County 8 March 1843.
  17. Mikenauk County was organized 1 April 1840 and renamed Roscommon County 8 March 1843.
  18. Kautawaubet County was organized 1 April 1840 and renamed Wexford County 8 March 1843.
  19. Unwattin County was organized 1 April 1840 and renamed Osceola County 8 March 1843.

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