Editing Shiawassee County, Michigan (section)

==History==
In 1822, the [[Michigan Territory|Michigan Territorial]] legislature defined a new county, Shiawassee (named for the [[Shiawassee River]]), taken from portions of existing [[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland]] and [[St. Clair County, Michigan|St. Clair]] counties. However, for purposes of representation, revenue, and judicial matters, the area was temporarily assigned to adjoining county governments.<ref name=Clarke/> In early 1837, the Michigan Territory was admitted into the Union as the State of Michigan, and that same year the new Michigan State government authorized the organization of a county government in Shiawassee.<ref name=Clarke/>