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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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Benzie County, Michigan
Benzie County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Beulah
Year Organized: 1863
Square Miles: 321 |
Court House: PO Box 377
County Courthouse
Beulah, MI 49617-0398
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Benzie County is an Americanization of the French name, "aux-Bec Scies," which was applied to a river, later changed to Betsey and finally Benzie.
Demographics:
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History
Benzie County is an Americanization of the French name, "aux-Bec Scies," which was applied to a river, later changed to Betsey and finally Benzie.
Set Off: 1863
Organized: 1869
Neighboring Counties:
- Leelanau County (north)
- Grand Traverse County (east)
- Manistee County (south)
Cities and Towns:
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- Almira |
township |
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- Benzonia |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Beulah
(County Seat) |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Blaine |
township |
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- Colfax |
township |
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- Crystal Lake |
township |
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- Elberta |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Frankfort |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gilmore |
township |
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- Homestead |
township |
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- Honor |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Inland |
township |
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- Joyfield |
township |
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- Lake Ann |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Platte |
township |
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- Thompsonville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Weldon |
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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