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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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Crawford County, Michigan
Crawford County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Grayling
Year Organized: 1818
Square Miles: 558 |
Court House: 200 West Michigan Avenue
County Courthouse
Grayling, MI 49738-1746
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Col. William. Crawford, Revolutionary War soldier killed in 1782 while fighting Native Americans in Ohio. Also, Crawford County may be named for Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, which was in turn named for politician William H. Crawford.
Demographics:
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History
Col. William. Crawford, Revolutionary War soldier killed in 1782 while fighting Native Americans in Ohio. Also, Crawford County may be named for Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, which was in turn named for politician William H. Crawford.
Set Off: 1840 as Shawono County. Renamed Crawford in 1843
Organized: 1879
Neighboring Counties:
- Otsego County (north)
- Oscoda County (east)
- Roscommon County (south)
- Kalkaska County (west)
Cities and Towns:
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- Beaver Creek |
township |
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- Frederic |
township |
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- Grayling
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lovells |
township |
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- Maple Forest |
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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