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Michigan Counties
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Michigan Counties
The boundaries of the 83 counties in Michigan have not changed substantially since 1897. |
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Baraga County, Michigan
Baraga County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: L'Anse
Year Organized: 1875
Square Miles: 904
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Court House: 16 North 3rd Street
County Courthouse
Lanse, MI 49946-1002
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Baraga County is named for missionary Bishop Frederick Baraga, who worked with local Native Americans.
Demographics:
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History
Baraga County is named for missionary Bishop Frederick Baraga, who worked with local Native Americans. The L'Anse Indian Reservation of the Ojibwa is located within the county.
Set Off: 1875
Organized: 1875
Neighboring Counties:
- Marquette County (east)
- Iron County (south)
- Houghton County (west)
Cities and Towns:
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- Arvon |
township |
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- Baraga |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Covington |
township |
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- L'Anse
(County Seat) |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Spurr |
township |
County Resources:
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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,
act locally." |
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