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Alger County, Michigan

Alger County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Munising
Year Organized: 1885
Square Miles: 918
 Court House:

101 Court Street
County Courthouse
Munising, MI 49862-1103

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Alger County is named for Russell A. Alger, a Michigan Governor and US Senator.

Demographics:

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County History

Alger County is named for Russell A. Alger, a Michigan Governor and US Senator. Detached from Schoolcraft County in 1885

Neighboring Counties:

Cities and Towns:

- Au Train township
- Chatham village Incorporated Area
- Grand Island township
- Limestone township
- Mathias township
- Munising (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Onota township
- Rock River township

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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, act locally."