Editing Manistee County, Michigan (section)

== History ==
{{see also|History of Northern Michigan}}
Manistee County was set off in 1840 from [[Mackinac County, Michigan|Michilimackinac County]] as an unorganized county.<ref name="clarke">{{cite web |title=Bibliography on Manistee County |url=http://clarke.cmich.edu/resource_tab/bibliographies_of_clarke_library_material/michigan_local_history/county_material/manistee.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217090900/http://clarke.cmich.edu/resource_tab/bibliographies_of_clarke_library_material/michigan_local_history/county_material/manistee.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 17, 2013 |access-date=January 20, 2013 |publisher=[[Clarke Historical Library]], [[Central Michigan University]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=George Dawson |date=1840 |title=Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Annual Session of 1840 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aDg4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA196 |location=Detroit |pages=196–200}}</ref> In 1851, it was attached to [[Grand Traverse County, Michigan|Grand Traverse County]] for legal purposes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History in Grand Traverse County, Michigan |url=http://genealogytrails.com/mich/grandtraverse/history_county8.html |access-date=January 21, 2023 |website=genealogytrails.com}}</ref> Manistee County was organized in its own right on February 13, 1855.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harold |first=Steve |date=August 2, 2022 |title=From sawmills to its population, explore Manistee Township's early history |url=https://www.manisteenews.com/local-history/article/From-sawmills-to-its-population-explore-Manistee-17342866.php |access-date=January 21, 2023 |website=Manistee News Advocate |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Etymology ===
The name "Manistee" is from an [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]] word first applied to the principal river of the county.<ref name="clarke" /> The derivation is not certain,<ref>Bright, William (2004). ''Native American Place Names of the United States''. Norman: Oklahoma University Press, pg. 265</ref> but it may be from ''ministigweyaa'', "river with islands at its mouth".<ref name="clarke" /><ref>[http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-15481_20826_20829-54126--,00.html County place names] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313052757/https://www.michigan.gov/hal/0%2C1607%2C7-160-15481_20826_20829-54126--%2C00.html|date=March 13, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Manistee County, Michigan |url=http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/counties/michigan/manistee.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302092749/http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/counties/michigan/manistee.html |archive-date=March 2, 2012 |access-date=April 7, 2009 |work=50-State Learning Resource Guide}}</ref>

===Historical markers===
There are thirteen recognized Michigan historical markers in the county:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.michmarkers.com/Frameset.htm |title=Michigan Historical Markers |access-date=January 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717055930/http://www.michmarkers.com/Frameset.htm |archive-date=July 17, 2014 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
* [[Harriet Quimby]] Childhood Home
* [[John J. Makinen Bottle House]]
* First Congregational Church, Manistee
* [[Port Huron Fire of 1871|Great Fire of 1871]]
* Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
* Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Rectory
* [[Kaleva, Michigan]]
* Manistee City Library
* Manistee Fire Hall
* Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
* [[Ramsdell Theatre]]
* Trinity Lutheran Church [Arcadia]
* [[William Douglas House]]