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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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Gratiot County, Michigan
Gratiot County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Ithaca
Year Organized: 1855
Square Miles: 570
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Court House: 214 East Center Street
County Courthouse
Ithaca, MI 48847-0000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Gratiot County is named for Charles Gratiot, the military officer who built Fort Gratiot at the present site of Port Huron.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Gratiot County is named for Charles Gratiot, the military officer who built Fort Gratiot at the present site of Port Huron.
Set Off: 1831
Organized: 1855
Neighboring Counties:
- Midland County (northeast)
- Isabella County (northwest)
- Saginaw County (east)
- Montcalm County (west)
- Shiawassee County (southeast)
- Clinton County (south)
- Ionia County (southwest)
Cities and Towns:
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- Alma |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Arcada |
township |
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- Ashley |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bethany |
township |
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- Breckenridge |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Elba |
township |
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- Emerson |
township |
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- Ithaca
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lafayette |
township |
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- Newark |
township |
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- North Shade |
township |
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- North Star |
township |
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- Perrinton |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pine River |
township |
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- Seville |
township |
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- St. Louis |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sumner |
township |
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- Wheeler |
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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