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Alcona County, Michigan
Alcona County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat:
Harrisville
Year Organized:
1840
Square Miles:
674
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Court House: 106 Fifth Street
County Courthouse
Harrisville, MI 48740-9789
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
A Native American word meaning a fine or excellent plan. Alcona County was a name created by Henry Schoolcraft.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
A Native American word meaning a fine or excellent plan. Alcona County was a name created by Henry Schoolcraft.
The county was created by the state legislature on April 1, 1840. It was at first named "Negwegon County", after the name of a well-known Chippewa chief, also known as "Little Wing", who was an American ally against the British in the War of 1812. It was renamed to Alcona County on
March 8, 1843, after a neologism manufactured by Henry Schoolcraft from parts of words from Native American languages, plus Arabic, Greek and Latin, which were amalgamated to mean "fine or excellent plain".
Initially, it was attached to Mackinac County for administrative purposes. The attachment shifted to Cheboygan County in 1853, to Alpena County in 1857, Iosco County in 1858, and Alpena County in 1859. Harrisville Township, then comprising the entire county, was organized in 1860. County
government was organized in 1869.
Neighboring Counties:
- Alpena County (north)
- Iosco County (south)
- Oscoda County (west)
Cities and Towns:
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- Alcona |
township |
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- Greenbush |
township |
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- Gustin |
township |
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- Harrisville
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city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hawes |
township |
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- Haynes |
township |
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- Lincoln |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mikado |
township |
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- Millen |
township |
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- Mitchell |
township |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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