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==List of counties== {{Countytabletop | region_width = | fips_ref = <ref name="FIPS">{{cite web|url= http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/mn.html|title= EPA County FIPS Code Listing|publisher= EPA|access-date= April 9, 2007}}</ref> | region_seat_title = [[County seat]] | region_seat_width = | region_seat_ref =<ref name="NACO">{{cite web|url=http://explorer.naco.org/index.html|title=NACo County Explorer|author=National Association of Counties|access-date=January 10, 2024}}</ref> | data2_title = {{abbr|Est.|Established}} | data2_width = | data2_ref =<ref name="NACO"/> | data3_title = Origin | data3_width = | data3_ref = | data4_title = Etymology | data4_width = | data4_ref = | data4_unsortable = yes | population_year = 2024 | population_ref =<ref name="CensusEstimates">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/MI/PST045223|title=Michigan QuickFacts|author=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=March 15, 2025}}</ref> | area_ref =<ref name="NACO"/> }} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=001|Name=Alcona|Seat=Harrisville|Data2=1840 (boundaries declared)<br/>1869 (organized)|Data3=From unorganized territory; named Negwegon County until 1843 |Data4=[[Schoolcraft pseudo-Native American name]]|Population=10624|Area=1791|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=003|Name=Alger|Seat=Munising|Data2=1885|Data3=From part of Schoolcraft County |Data4=[[Russell A. Alger]], (1836-1907):<br/>Governor and national politician |Population=8695|Area=5049|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=005|Name=Allegan|Seat=Allegan|Data2=1831 (boundaries declared)<br/>1835 (organized)|Data3=From part of Barry County, and unorganized territory |Data4=[[Schoolcraft pseudo-Native American name]]|Population=122429 |Area=1833|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=007|Name=Alpena|Seat=Alpena|Data2=1840 (boundaries declared)<br>1857 (organized)|Data3=From part of Mackinac County, and unorganized territory Was named Anamickee County until 1843. |Data4=[[Schoolcraft pseudo-Native American name]]|Population=28903 |Area=1695|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=009|Name=Antrim|Seat=Bellaire|Data2=1840 (boundaries declared)<br/>1863 (organized)|Data3=From part of Mackinac County; named Meegisee County until 1843 |Data4=[[County Antrim]], now in [[Northern Ireland]] |Population=24536 |Area=602|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=011|Name=Arenac|Seat=Standish|Data2=1831 (boundaries established)<br/>1883 (organized)|Data3=From unorganized territory; annexed to Bay County in 1857, but reinstated in 1883 |Data4=[[Schoolcraft pseudo-Native American name]]|Population=15087 |Area=681|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=013|Name=Baraga|Seat=L'Anse|Data2=1875|Data3=From part of Houghton County |Data4=[[Frederic Baraga]] (1797-1868): [[Catholic]] missionary and first [[bishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]] |Population=8169 |Area=1069|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=015|Name=Barry|Seat=Hastings|Data2=1829 (boundaries established)<br/>1839 (organized)|Data3=From unorganized territory |Data4=[[William T. Barry]] (1784-1835): [[United States Postmaster General|Postmaster General]] in the [[Andrew Jackson|Jackson Administration]] |Population=64025 |Area=577|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=017|Name=Bay|Seat=Bay City|Data2=1857|Data3=From parts of Arenac, Midland, and Saginaw Counties |Data4=[[Saginaw Bay]] |Population=102651 |Area=631|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=019|Name=Benzie|Seat=Beulah|Data2=1863|Data3=From part of Leelanau County |Data4=[[French language|French]] name of [[Betsie River|''Betsie'' River]]: ''{{lang|fr|(rivière aux) Bec-scies}}'', the "(river of) [[sawbill duck]]s" |Population=18520 |Area=860|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=021|Name=Berrien|Seat=St. Joseph|Data2=1829|Data3=From unorganized territory |Data4=[[John M. Berrien]] (1781-1856): [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] in the [[Andrew Jackson|Jackson Administration]] |Population=152703 |Area=1581|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=023|Name=Branch|Seat=Coldwater|Data2=1829|Data3=From unorganized territory |Data4=[[John Branch]] (1782-1863): [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]] in the [[Andrew Jackson|Jackson Administration]] |Population=46187 |Area=519 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=025|Name=Calhoun|Seat=Marshall|Data2=1829|Data3=From unorganized territory |Data4=[[John C. Calhoun]] (1782-1850): [[Vice President of the United States]] in the [[Andrew Jackson|Jackson Administration]] |Population=133785 |Area=718 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=027|Name=Cass|Seat=Cassopolis|Data2=1829|Data3=From unorganized territory |Data4=[[Lewis Cass]] (1782-1866): [[United States Secretary of War|Secretary of War]] in the [[Andrew Jackson|Jackson Administration]] |Population=51550 |Area=508 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=029|Name=Charlevoix|Seat=Charlevoix|Data2=1869|Data3=From parts of Antrim, Emmet, and Otsego Counties |Data4=[[Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix]] (1682-1761): [[Jesuit]] traveller and [[historian]] of [[New France]] |Population=26105 |Area=1391 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=031|Name=Cheboygan|Seat=Cheboygan|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Mackinac County |Data4=[[Cheboygan River]] |Population=25964 |Area=885 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=033|Name=Chippewa|Seat=Sault Ste. Marie|Data2=1827|Data3=From part of Mackinac County |Data4=[[Ojibwa]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American tribe]], also known as the Chippewa |Population=36253 |Area=2698 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=035|Name=Clare|Seat=Harrison|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Mackinac County, and unorganized territory; named Kaykakee County until 1843 |Data4=[[County Clare]], [[Ireland]] |Population=31405 |Area=575 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=037|Name=Clinton|Seat=St. Johns|Data2=1831|Data3=From unorganized territory |Data4=[[DeWitt Clinton]] (1769-1828): [[Governor of New York]]. |Population=80050 |Area=575 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=039|Name=Crawford|Seat=Grayling|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. Was named Shawano County until 1843. |Data4=[[William Crawford (soldier)|William Crawford]], (1732-82), [[American Revolutionary War]] colonel western surveyor |Population=13599 |Area=563 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=041|Name=Delta|Seat=Escanaba|Data2=1843|Data3=From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. |Data4=[[Greek alphabet|Greek letter]] [[delta (letter)|delta]], referring to the triangular shape of the original county, which included segments of [[Menominee]], [[Dickinson County, Michigan|Dickinson]], [[Iron County, Michigan|Iron]] and [[Marquette County, Michigan|Marquette]] counties|Population=36687 |Area=1992 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=043|Name=Dickinson|Seat=Iron Mountain|Data2=1891|Data3=From parts of Iron County, Marquette County and Menominee County. |Data4=[[Donald M. Dickinson]] (1846-1917): [[United States Postmaster General|Postmaster General]] in the [[Grover Cleveland|Cleveland Administration]] |Population=25995 |Area=777 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=045|Name=Eaton|Seat=Charlotte|Data2=1829|Data3=From unorganized territory. |Data4=[[John Eaton (politician)|John Eaton]] (1790-1856): [[United States Secretary of War|Secretary of War]] in the [[Andrew Jackson|Jackson Administration]] |Population=109494 |Area=579 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=047|Name=Emmet|Seat=Petoskey|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Mackinac County. Was named Tonegadana County until 1843. |Data4=[[Robert Emmet]] (1778-1803): [[Irish nationalism|Irish nationalist]] and rebel leader |Population=33949 |Area=882 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=049|Name=Genesee|Seat=Flint|Data2=1835|Data3=From parts of Lapeer County, Saginaw County and Shiawassee County. |Data4=[[Seneca language|Seneca]] word, "je-nis-hi-yeh," meaning "beautiful valley": named after western [[New York (state)|New York]] valley from which many settlers came|Population=402279 |Area=649 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=051|Name=Gladwin|Seat=Gladwin|Data2=1831|Data3=From unorganized territory. |Data4=[[Major (rank)|Major]] [[Henry Gladwin]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] commander of the fort at Detroit during the siege by [[Chief Pontiac]] in 1763-64.|Population=25995 |Area=516 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=053|Name=Gogebic|Seat=Bessemer|Data2=1887|Data3=From part of Ontonagon County. |Data4=Probably from the [[Chippewa]] "bic" which most references interpret as "rock."|Population=14217 |Area=1476 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=055|Name=Grand Traverse|Seat=Traverse City|Data2=1840 (boundaries declared)<br/>1851 (organized)|Data3=From part of Mackinac County; named Omeena County until 1851. |Data4=[[French language|French]] ''{{lang|fr|grande traverse}}''{{refn|group=note|In modern standard French, ''{{lang|fr|la grande traversée}}''; as the sense of 'crossing' is obsolete for ''{{lang|fr|traverse}}''.<ref>''[http://cnrtl.fr/definition/traverse Centre national de ressources textuelles]''</ref>}} ("long crossing"), given first to [[Grand Traverse Bay]] by French [[voyageurs]]. |Population=96625 |Area=601 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=057|Name=Gratiot|Seat=Ithaca|Data2=1831|Data3=From unorganized territory. |Data4=[[Captain (U.S. Army)|Captain]] [[Charles Gratiot]] (1788-1855), built [[Fort Gratiot]] at the present site of [[Port Huron]] |Population=41372 |Area=572 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=059|Name=Hillsdale|Seat=Hillsdale|Data2=1829|Data3=From unorganized territory. |Data4=From its terrain, made up of hills and [[Dale (landform)|dale]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.co.hillsdale.mi.us/hc-history.htm |title=A Brief History of 'Hillsdale County' |access-date=November 24, 2008 |author=Dan Bisher |year=1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607054622/http://www.co.hillsdale.mi.us/hc-history.htm |archive-date=June 7, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |Population=45590 |Area=607 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=061|Name=Houghton|Seat=Houghton|Data2=1845|Data3=From parts of Marquette County and Ontonagon County. |Data4=[[Douglass Houghton]] (1809-1845), first [[State Geologist of Michigan|state geologist of Michigan]], [[physician]] and [[surgeon]], [[mayor]] of [[Detroit]] (1842-1843) |Population=38041 |Area=1502 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=063|Name=Huron|Seat=Bad Axe|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Sanilac County. |Data4=[[Lake Huron]], which the [[France|French]] named ''{{lang|fr|lac des Hurons}}'' after the [[Wyandot people|Hurons]]. |Population=30780 |Area=2136 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=065|Name=Ingham|Seat=Mason|Data2=1829 (boundaries declared)<br/>1838 (organized)|Data3=From parts of Shiawassee County, Washtenaw County and unorganized territory. |Data4=[[Samuel D. Ingham]] (1779-1860), U.S. [[Secretary of the Treasury]] in the [[Andrew Jackson|Jackson Administration]] |Population=290427 |Area=561 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=067|Name=Ionia|Seat=Ionia|Data2=1831|Data3=From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. |Data4=[[Province]] in ancient [[Greece]] |Population=66250 |Area=580 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=069|Name=Iosco|Seat=Tawas City|Data2=1840|Data3=From unorganized territory. Was named Kanotin County until 1843. |Data4=[[Schoolcraft pseudo-Native American name]] |Population=25361 |Area=1891 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=071|Name=Iron|Seat=Crystal Falls|Data2=1885|Data3=From parts of Marquette County and Menominee County. |Data4=For the iron deposits and mines found in the county|Population=11709 |Area=1211 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=073|Name=Isabella|Seat=Mt. Pleasant|Data2=1831|Data3=From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. |Data4=[[Isabella I of Castile|Queen Isabella I]] (1451-1504) of [[Kingdom of Spain|Spain]], under whose patronage [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus]] undertook his voyages.|Population=65072 |Area=578 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=075|Name=Jackson|Seat=Jackson|Data2=1829 (boundaries declared)<br/>1832 (organised)|Data3=From part of Washtenaw County and unorganized territory. |Data4=[[Andrew Jackson]] (1767-1845), 7th [[President of the United States]] and President when Michigan was admitted to the Union |Population=160233 |Area=724 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=077|Name=Kalamazoo|Seat=Kalamazoo|Data2=1829|Data3=From unorganized territory. |Data4=Named for the [[Kalamazoo River]]. See [[Etymology of Kalamazoo]] for a discussion of the river's name. |Population=264780 |Area=580 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=079|Name=Kalkaska|Seat=Kalkaska|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Mackinac County. Was named Wabassee County until 1843. |Data4=[[Schoolcraft pseudo-Native American name]]|Population=18618 |Area=571 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=081|Name=Kent|Seat=Grand Rapids|Data2=1831|Data3=From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. |Data4=[[New York (state)|New York]] jurist [[James Kent (jurist)|James Kent]], who represented the Michigan Territory in its dispute with Ohio over the [[Toledo Strip]]. |Population=673002 |Area=872 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=083|Name=Keweenaw|Seat=Eagle River|Data2=1861|Data3=From part of Houghton County. |Data4=[[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]] word ''gakiiwe-wewaning'' meaning "[[portage]]" |Population=2161 |Area=5966 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=085|Name=Lake|Seat=Baldwin|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Mackinac County. Was named Aischum County until 1843. |Data4=Has several small lakes and lies near [[Lake Michigan]] |Population=13005 |Area=575 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=087|Name=Lapeer|Seat=Lapeer|Data2=1822|Data3=From parts of Oakland County and St. Clair County. |Data4=An Americanization of the [[French language|French]] ''{{lang|fr|la pierre}}'', meaning "the rock" (flint) |Population=89168 |Area=663 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=089|Name=Leelanau|Seat=Suttons Bay Township|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Mackinac County. |Data4=[[Schoolcraft pseudo-Native American name]] |Population=22871 |Area=2532 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=091|Name=Lenawee|Seat=Adrian|Data2=1822|Data3=From part of Monroe County. |Data4=A [[Schoolcraft pseudo-Native American name]] for ''man'', from either the Delaware ''leno'' or ''lenno'' or the Shawnee ''lenawai'' |Population=97746 |Area=761 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=093|Name=Livingston|Seat=Howell|Data2=1833 (boundaries declared)<br/>1836 (organized)|Data3=From parts of Shiawassee County and Washtenaw County. |Data4=[[Edward Livingston]] (1764-1836): second [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] in the [[Andrew Jackson]] administration |Population=196976 |Area=585 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=095|Name=Luce|Seat=Newberry|Data2=1887|Data3=From parts of Chippewa County and Mackinac County. |Data4=Named for [[Michigan Governor]] [[Cyrus G. Luce]] |Population=6328 |Area=1912 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=097|Name=Mackinac|Seat=St. Ignace|Data2=1818|Data3=From part of Wayne County. Was named Michilimackinac County until 1837. |Data4=Originally ''[[Michilimackinac]]'', believed to be a French interpretation of the Native American name for [[Mackinac Island]], meaning "big turtle" |Population=11144 |Area=2101 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=099|Name=Macomb|Seat=Mt. Clemens|Data2=1818|Data3=From part of Wayne County. |Data4=Named for U.S. General [[Alexander Macomb (American general)|Alexander Macomb]], a notable officer of the [[War of 1812]] |Population=886175 |Area=570 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=101|Name=Manistee|Seat=Manistee|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Mackinac County. |Data4=Named for the [[Manistee River]], which in turn is from the [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]] name, ''ministigweyaa'' meaning "(river) at whose mouth there are islands" |Population=25519 |Area=1281 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=103|Name=Marquette|Seat=Marquette|Data2=1843|Data3=From parts of Chippewa County and Mackinac County. |Data4=Named for French Jesuit missionary [[Jacques Marquette]] |Population=67979 |Area=3425 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=105|Name=Mason|Seat=Ludington|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Mackinac County. Was named Notipekago County until 1843. |Data4=Named for [[Michigan Governor]] [[Stevens T. Mason]] |Population=29093 |Area=1242 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=107|Name=Mecosta|Seat=Big Rapids|Data2=1840|Data3=From parts of Mackinac County and Oceana County. |Data4=Named for [[Mecosta]], a Native American leader |Population=41947 |Area=571 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=109|Name=Menominee|Seat=Menominee|Data2=1861|Data3=From part of Delta County. Was named Bleeker County until 1863. |Data4=Named for the [[Menominee]] Native American people |Population=23050 |Area=1338 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=111|Name=Midland|Seat=Midland|Data2=1831|Data3=From part of Saginaw County and unorganized territory. |Data4=Located near the geographical center of the [[Lower Peninsula]] |Population=84022 |Area=528 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=113|Name=Missaukee|Seat=Lake City|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Mackinac County. |Data4=Named for Missaukee, an [[Ottawa (people)|Ottawa]] leader who signed land-grant treaties in 1831 and 1833 |Population=15239 |Area=574 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=115|Name=Monroe|Seat=Monroe|Data2=1817|Data3=From part of Wayne County. |Data4=Named for [[James Monroe]], the fifth U.S. President |Population=156045 |Area=680 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=117|Name=Montcalm|Seat=Stanton|Data2=1831|Data3=From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. |Data4=Named for [[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm]], a French military commander in [[Quebec]] |Population=69314 |Area=721 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=119|Name=Montmorency|Seat=Atlanta|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. Was named Cheonoquet County until 1843. |Data4=[[House of Montmorency]], influential in the history of [[French Canada]]|Population=9828 |Area=562 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=121|Name=Muskegon|Seat=Muskegon|Data2=1859|Data3=From parts of Oceana County and Ottawa County. |Data4=[[Muskegon River]] running through county, from the [[Ojibwa]]/[[Chippewa]] word ''mashkig'' meaning "swamp" or "marsh." |Population=177428 |Area=1459 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=123|Name=Newaygo|Seat=White Cloud|Data2=1840|Data3=From parts of Mackinac County and Oceana County. |Data4=Named for a [[Ojibwe|Chippewa]] leader who signed the [[Saginaw Treaty of 1819]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://clarke.cmich.edu/localhistory/Newaygo.htm |title=Clarke Historical Library bibliographic entry for Newaygo County |access-date=September 14, 2009 |archive-date=June 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605022637/http://www.clarke.cmich.edu/localhistory/Newaygo.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> |Population=51504 |Area=861 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=125|Name=Oakland|Seat=Pontiac|Data2=1819 (boundaries declared)<br/>1820 (organized)|Data3=From part of Macomb County. |Data4=The numerous "[[oak]] openings" in the area: "majestic orchard[s] of oaks and hickories varied by small prairies, grassy lawns and clear lakes"<ref>As described by [[Bela Hubbard]], [[surveying|surveyor]] of [[Michigan]]</ref> |Population=1296888 |Area=908 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=127|Name=Oceana|Seat=Hart|Data2=1831|Data3=From part of Mackinac County. |Data4=Borders [[Lake Michigan]], the freshwater "ocean."|Population=27014 |Area=1307 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=129|Name=Ogemaw|Seat=West Branch|Data2=1840|Data3=From unorganized territory. Annexed to Iosco County in 1867 and reinstated in 1873. |Data4=The [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]] word ''ogimaa'', meaning "chief" or "leader" |Population=20985 |Area=575 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=131|Name=Ontonagon|Seat=Ontonagon|Data2=1843 (boundaries declared)<br/>1848 (organized)|Data3=From parts of Chippewa County and Mackinac County. |Data4=Named for the [[Ontonagon River]]. The [[Ojibwa]] word ''onagon'' means "dish" or "bowl."|Population=5824 |Area=3741 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=133|Name=Osceola|Seat=Reed City|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Mackinac County. Was named Unwattin County until 1843. |Data4=[[Osceola]] (1804-1838), [[Seminole]] chief |Population=23484 |Area=573 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=135|Name=Oscoda|Seat=Mio|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. |Data4=[[Schoolcraft pseudo-Native American name]] |Population=8596 |Area=572 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=137|Name=Otsego|Seat=Gaylord|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Mackinac County. Was named Okkudo County until 1843. |Data4=Named for [[Otsego County, New York]] |Population=26083 |Area=526 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=139|Name=Ottawa|Seat=Grand Haven|Data2=1831|Data3=From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. |Data4=Named for the [[Native American (U.S.)|Native American]] [[Ottawa (people)|Ottawa]] people. |Population=306235 |Area=1632 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=141|Name=Presque Isle|Seat=Rogers City|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Mackinac County. |Data4=A derivation of the French phrase for "[[peninsula]]", literally "almost an island."|Population=13230 |Area=2573 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=143|Name=Roscommon|Seat=Roscommon|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory. Was named Mikenauk County until 1843. |Data4=[[County Roscommon]], [[Ireland]] |Population=23932 |Area=580 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=145|Name=Saginaw|Seat=Saginaw|Data2=1822|Data3=From part of Oakland County. |Data4=A [[Native American (U.S.)|Native American]] term, perhaps a reference to the Saginaw River and Saginaw Bay, Ojibwe for "at the outlet" <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://clarke.cmich.edu/localhistory/Saginaw.htm |title=Clarke Historical Library bibliographic entry for Saginaw County |access-date=September 14, 2009 |archive-date=June 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605030558/http://www.clarke.cmich.edu/localhistory/Saginaw.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> |Population=187714 |Area=816 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=147|Name=St. Clair|Seat=Port Huron|Data2=1820|Data3=From part of Macomb County. |Data4=Named for either [[Arthur St. Clair]], first governor of the [[Northwest Territory]], or [[Clare of Assisi|Saint Clair]] on whose [[feast day]] Lake St. Clair was discovered |Population=160308 |Area=837 |Map=Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_St._Clair_County.svg|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=149|Name=St. Joseph|Seat=Centreville|Data2=1829|Data3=From unorganized territory. |Data4=The [[St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan)|St. Joseph River]], which flows through the county.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.stjosephcountymi.org/history/|title=Background History on St. Joseph County |access-date=November 24, 2008 |author=John Marvin |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080615054954/http://www.stjosephcountymi.org/history/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = June 15, 2008}}</ref> |Population=61171 |Area=521 |Map=Map of Michigan highlighting Saint Joseph County.svg|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=151|Name=Sanilac|Seat=Sandusky|Data2=1822|Data3=From part of St. Clair County. |Data4=[[Sanilac County, Michigan|Sanilac]], a [[Wyandot people|Wyandot]]te chief|Population=40293 |Area=1590 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=153|Name=Schoolcraft|Seat=Manistique|Data2=1843|Data3=From parts of Chippewa County and Mackinac County. |Data4=[[Henry Rowe Schoolcraft]], (1793-1864):<br/>American [[geographer]] and [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|Superintendent of Indian Affairs]] in Michigan |Population=8178 |Area=1884 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=155|Name=Shiawassee|Seat=Corunna|Data2=1822|Data3=From parts of Oakland County and St. Clair County. |Data4=Named for the [[Shiawassee River]], and means 'river that twists about.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://clarke.cmich.edu/localhistory/Shiawassee.htm |title=Clarke Historical Library bibliographic entry for Shiawassee County |access-date=September 14, 2009 |archive-date=June 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605031031/http://www.clarke.cmich.edu/localhistory/Shiawassee.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> |Population=67982 |Area=541 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=157|Name=Tuscola|Seat=Caro|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Sanilac County. |Data4=[[Schoolcraft pseudo-Native American name]] |Population=52757 |Area=914 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=159|Name=Van Buren|Seat=Paw Paw|Data2=1829|Data3=From unorganized territory. |Data4=[[Martin Van Buren]] (1782-1862): [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] in the [[Andrew Jackson|Jackson Administration]], later [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] and eighth [[President of the United States]]|Population=76129 |Area=1090 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=161|Name=Washtenaw|Seat=Ann Arbor|Data2=1822 (boundaries declared)<br/>1826 (organised)|Data3=From parts of Oakland County and Wayne County |Data4=From the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] name for the [[Grand River (Michigan)|Grand River]], ''O-wash-ta-nong'' ("faraway water"),<ref>{{cite book|title=Publications of the Historical Society of Grand Rapids|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-lo0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA36|year=1906|page=36}}</ref> whose headwaters were within the county's bounds. |Population=373875 |Area=723 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=163|Name=Wayne|Seat=Detroit|Data2=1815|Data3=All lands within Michigan Territory that had been ceded by Native Americans through the 1807 [[Treaty of Detroit]]. |Data4=[["Mad" Anthony Wayne]], (1745-1796):<br/>[[United States Army]] [[general]] and [[wikt:statesman|statesman]] |Population=1771063 |Area=672 |Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|N=26|Num=165|Name=Wexford|Seat=Cadillac|Data2=1840|Data3=From part of Mackinac County. Was named Kautawaubet County until 1843. |Data4=[[County Wexford]], [[Ireland]] |Population=34460 |Area=576 |Size=100px}} |}
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