Editing Cheboygan County, Michigan

{{short description|County in Michigan, United States}}
{{Redirect-distinguish|Cheboygan County|Sheboygan County, Wisconsin}}
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{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county     = Cheboygan County
 | state              = Michigan
 | ex image             = Poe Reef Light.JPG
 | ex image size        = 300px
 | ex image cap         = [[Poe Reef Light]]
 | seal                 = Cheboygan County mi seal.jpg
 | founded year         = 1840 (authorized)<br/>1853 (organized)<ref name=clarke>{{cite web|url=http://clarke.cmich.edu/resource_tab/bibliographies_of_clarke_library_material/michigan_local_history/county_material/cheboygan.html|publisher=Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University|title=Bibliography on Cheboygan County|access-date=January 19, 2013|archive-date=February 17, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217090433/http://clarke.cmich.edu/resource_tab/bibliographies_of_clarke_library_material/michigan_local_history/county_material/cheboygan.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 | founded date         = 
 | seat wl           = Cheboygan
 | largest city wl   = Cheboygan
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 885
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 715
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 170
 | area percentage      = 19%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 25,579
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 26,048 {{gain}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | district             = 1st
 | time zone           = Eastern
 | web                  = www.cheboygancounty.net/ }}

'''Cheboygan County''' ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|ə|ˈ|b|ɔɪ|g|ə|n}} {{respell|shə|BOY|gən}}<ref name="MWGD2">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Co_VIPIJerIC&q=%22Che-boy-gan+%5Cshi-%27boi-gon%5C.%22&pg=PA237 |title=Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary |publisher=[[Merriam-Webster]] |year=1997 |isbn=9780877795469 |edition=3rd |page=237 |quote=Che•boy•gan \shi-'bȯi-gən\.}}</ref>) is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 25,579.<ref name=QF>{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cheboygancountymichigan/POP010220|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 15, 2021}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Cheboygan, Michigan|Cheboygan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The county boundaries were set off in 1840, with land partitioned from [[Mackinaw County|Michilimackinac County]].<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>  The Cheboygan County government was organized and combined with the former [[Wyandot County, Michigan|Wyandot County]] in 1853.<ref name=clarke/><ref>{{cite book |author=Geo W. Peck |date=1853 |title=Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1853|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=khM4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA19 |location=Lansing |pages=19–20}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The name of the county shares the same origin as that of the [[Cheboygan River]], although the precise meaning is no longer known. It may have come from an [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]] word ''zhaabonigan,'' meaning "sewing needle". Alternatively, the origin may have been ''Chabwegan,'' meaning "a place of ore".<ref>[http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-15481_20826_20829-54126--,00.html Michigan County names per the Michigan government.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728130613/http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0%2C1607%2C7-160-15481_20826_20829-54126--%2C00.html|date=July 28, 2009}}</ref> It has also been described as "a Native American word first applied to the river."<ref name=clarke/> ''See'' [[List of Michigan county name etymologies]]. "Cheboygan" is pronounced the same as "[[Sheboygan, Wisconsin|Sheboygan]]" (a city in [[Wisconsin]]).<ref name="MWGD2"/>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|885|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|715|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|170|sqmi}} (19%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_26.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113024015/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_26.txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 13, 2013|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 19, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> The county is considered to be part of [[Northern Michigan]].
===Adjacent counties===
'''By land'''
* [[Presque Isle County, Michigan|Presque Isle County]] - east
* [[Montmorency County, Michigan|Montmorency County]] - southeast
* [[Otsego County, Michigan|Otsego County]] - south
* [[Charlevoix County, Michigan|Charlevoix County]] - southwest
* [[Emmet County, Michigan|Emmet County]] - west
'''By water'''

* [[Mackinac County, Michigan|Mackinac County]] - north

==Communities==
[[File:Cheboygan County, MI census map.png|thumb|right|400px|[[United States Census|U.S. Census]] data map showing local municipal boundaries within Cheboygan County. Shaded areas represent incorporated cities.]]

===City===
* [[Cheboygan, Michigan|Cheboygan]] (county seat)

===Villages===
* [[Mackinaw City, Michigan|Mackinaw City]] (part)
* [[Wolverine, Michigan|Wolverine]]

===Civil townships===
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* [[Aloha Township, Michigan|Aloha Township]]
* [[Beaugrand Township, Michigan|Beaugrand Township]]
* [[Benton Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan|Benton Township]]
* [[Burt Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan|Burt Township]]
* [[Duncan Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan|Duncan Township]] ''(defunct)''
* [[Ellis Township, Michigan|Ellis Township]]
* [[Forest Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan|Forest Township]]
* [[Grant Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan|Grant Township]]
* [[Hebron Township, Michigan|Hebron Township]]
* [[Inverness Township, Michigan|Inverness Township]]
* [[Koehler Township, Michigan|Koehler Township]]
* [[Mackinaw Township, Michigan|Mackinaw Township]]
* [[Maple Grove Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan|Maple Grove Township]] ''(defunct)''
* [[Mentor Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan|Mentor Township]]
* [[Mullett Township, Michigan|Mullett Township]]
* [[Munro Township, Michigan|Munro Township]]
* [[Nunda Township, Michigan|Nunda Township]]
* [[Tuscarora Township, Michigan|Tuscarora Township]]
* [[Walker Township, Michigan|Walker Township]]
* [[Waverly Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan|Waverly Township]]
* [[Wilmot Township, Michigan|Wilmot Township]]
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===Census-designated places===
* [[Indian River, Michigan|Indian River]]
* [[Tower, Michigan|Tower]]

===Other unincorporated communities===
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* [[Afton, Michigan|Afton]]
* [[Aloha Township, Michigan#Communities|Aloha]]
* [[Benton Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan#Geography|Alverno]]
* [[Mullett Township, Michigan#Communities|Birchwood]]
* [[Tuscarora Township, Michigan#Communities|Burt Lake]]
* [[Benton Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan#Geography|Cordwood Point]]
* [[Hebron Township, Michigan#Communities|Dow]]
* [[Burt Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan#Communities|Elmhurst]]
* [[Fingerboard Corner, Michigan|Fingerboard Corner]]
* [[Mackinaw Township, Michigan#Communities|Freedom]]
* [[Inverness Township, Michigan#Communities|Geyersville]]
* [[Mullett Township, Michigan#Communities|Giauque Beach]]
* [[Beaugrand Township, Michigan#Geography|Grand View]]
* [[Mentor Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan#Geography|Haakwood]]
* [[Mullett Township, Michigan#Communities|Long Point]]
* [[Inverness Township, Michigan#Communities|Mullett Lake]]
* [[Benton Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan#Geography|Mullett Lake Woods]]
* [[Benton Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan#Geography|Orchard Beach]]
* [[Beaugrand Township, Michigan#Geography|Point Landing]]
* [[Beaugrand Township, Michigan#Geography|Pries Landing]]
* [[Inverness Township, Michigan#Communities|Riggsville]]
* [[Mentor Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan#Geography|Rondo]]
* [[Mullett Township, Michigan#Communities|Royal Oak]]
* [[Mullett Township, Michigan#Communities|Silver Beach]]
* [[Topinabee, Michigan|Topinabee]]
* [[Mullett Township, Michigan#Communities|Veery Point]]
* [[Mentor Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan#Geography|Wildwood]]
{{div col end}}

===Indian reservations===
* [[Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1860 = 517
| 1870 = 2196
| 1880 = 6524
| 1890 = 11986
| 1900 = 15516
| 1910 = 17872
| 1920 = 13991
| 1930 = 11502
| 1940 = 13644
| 1950 = 13731
| 1960 = 14550
| 1970 = 16573
| 1980 = 20649
| 1990 = 21398
| 2000 = 26448
| 2010 = 26152
| 2020 = 25579
|estyear=2023
|estimate=26048
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 4, 2024}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = US Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=US Decennial Census|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 19, 2014}}</ref><br/>1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=September 19, 2014|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/mi190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 19, 2014}}</ref><br/>1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=September 19, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2018<ref name=QF/>
}}

As of the [[2000 United States census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 26,448 people, 10,835 households, and 7,573 families in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|37|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 16,583 housing units at an average density of {{convert|23|/mi2|/km2|}}. In 2020, its population was 25,279. 

In 2000, the racial makeup of the county was 94.80% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.25% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 2.55% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.20% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.15% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.05% from two or more races. 0.76% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 21.4% were of German, 10.4% English, 10.0% French, 9.5% Polish, 9.2% American and 8.9% Irish ancestry. 97.7% spoke English as their first language.

There were 10,835 households, out of which 28.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.00% were married couples living together, 8.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.10% were non-families. 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.87.

The county population contained 23.70% under the age of 18, 6.20% from 18 to 24, 25.80% from 25 to 44, 26.30% from 45 to 64, and 17.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 98.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.50 males.

In 2000, the median income for a household in the county was $33,417, and the median income for a family was $38,390. Males had a median income of $30,054 versus $20,682 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $18,088. About 8.70% of families and 12.20% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.90% of those under age 18 and 7.10% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
Cheyboygan County has tended to vote Republican through the years. Since 1884 its voters have selected the Republican Party nominee in 72% (26 of 36) of the national elections.
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{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|3,864|4,459|2,541|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|5,395|3,943|42|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|6,053|3,358|41|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|5,221|3,938|795|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|4,894|3,880|104|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,529|2,985|148|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|3,422|2,840|637|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,342|4,028|11|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|3,817|2,977|2|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|4,379|1,910|7|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,385|1,900|24|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|3,184|1,842|83|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,943|2,141|32|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|3,646|2,856|21|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,584|3,016|409|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,309|3,431|71|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,743|1,784|19|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,683|994|505|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,472|1,281|142|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,576|1,389|115|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|896|981|1,359|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,053|1,205|225|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,572|979|118|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,092|1,398|51|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,576|1,617|37|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,094|1,224|153|Michigan}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|1,110|1,237|84|Michigan}}
{{PresFoot|1884|Democratic|777|897|40|Michigan}}

Cheyboygan County operates the County jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, records deeds, mortgages, and [[vital records]], administers [[public health]] regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of social services. The county board of commissioners controls the budget and has limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions – police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance etc. – are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.

===Elected officials===
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* [[Prosecutor|Prosecuting Attorney]]: Melissa Goodrich
* [[Sheriff]]: Todd A. Ross
* [[County Clerk]]/[[Register of Deeds]]: Karen Brewster
* [[Treasurer|County Treasurer]]: Buffy Jo Werdon
* [[Drain Commissioner]]: Cameron Cavitt
* [[County Surveyor]]: James H. Granger
{{div col end}}
<small>(information as of September 2018)</small>

==Historical markers==
[[File:2009-0618-CheboyganMuseum.jpg|250px|thumb|Jail and Sheriff's Residence, now the Cheboygan County Historical Museum Complex]]

There are eight recognized Michigan historical markers in the county:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michmarkers.com/Frameset.htm|title=Michigan Historical Markers|work=michmarkers.com|access-date=January 8, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315141338/http://www.michmarkers.com/Frameset.htm|archive-date=March 15, 2010|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
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* Forty Mile Point Lighthouse / Graveyard of Ships
* Inland Waterway
* Jacob J. Post House
* Jail and Sheriff's Residence
* [[Newton-Allaire House]]
* [[Old Cheboygan County Courthouse]]
* St. Bernard Catholic Church
* St. Mary's Church
{{div col end}}

==Transportation==
===Highways===

* {{jct|state=MI|I|75}}
* {{jct|state=MI|US|23}}
* {{jct|state=MI|US|31}}
* {{jct|state=MI|M|27}}
* {{jct|state=MI|M|33}}
* {{jct|state=MI|M|68}}
* {{jct|state=MI|M 1973|108}} (former highway)
* {{jct|state=MI|M|212}}

===County-designated highways===
* {{jct|state=MI|CDH|C-58}}
* {{jct|state=MI|CDH|C-64}}
* {{jct|state=MI|CDH|C-66}}
* {{jct|state=MI|CDH|F-05}}

===Airports===
* [[Cheboygan County Airport]], located in Cheboygan, is a private airport. There are no commercial airline airports in Cheboygan County but the nearest ones are [[Alpena County Regional Airport]], [[Chippewa County International Airport]] ([[Sault Ste. Marie, MI]]), and [[Cherry Capital Airport]] ([[Traverse City]]). [[Delta Air Lines]] schedules flights daily out of the [[Pellston Regional Airport]].

==See also==
* [[List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Cheboygan County, Michigan]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Cheboygan County, Michigan]]
* [[USS Cheboygan County (LST-533)|USS ''Cheboygan County'' (LST-533)]]
* [[History of Northern Michigan]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.cheboygancounty.net/ Cheboygan County official site]
* {{cite web |url=http://clarke.cmich.edu/resource_tab/bibliographies_of_clarke_library_material/michigan_local_history/county_material/cheboygan.html |publisher=[[Clarke Historical Library]], [[Central Michigan University]] |title=Bibliography on Cheboygan County|access-date=January 19, 2013}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927030738/http://www.historicbridges.org/b_c_mi_cheboygan.htm Cheboygan County's Historic Bridges]
* [http://www.theenchantedforest.com/ ''Enchanted forest'', Northern Michigan source for information, calendars, etc.]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928094224/http://yourcheboygan.org/ YourCheboygan.org, Open forum for community feedback]

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Cheboygan County, Michigan
|North     = [[Mackinac County, Michigan|Mackinac County]]
|Northeast = [[Lake Huron]]
|East      = [[Presque Isle County, Michigan|Presque Isle County]]
|Southeast = [[Montmorency County, Michigan|Montmorency County]]
|South     = [[Otsego County, Michigan|Otsego County]]
|Southwest = [[Charlevoix County, Michigan|Charlevoix County]]
|West      = [[Emmet County, Michigan|Emmet County]]
|Northwest = [[Straits of Mackinac]]
}}

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