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Michigan Counties

The boundaries of the 83 Counties in Michigan have not changed substantially since 1897.

Ingham County, Michigan

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

County Seat: Mason
Year Organized: 1838
Square Miles: 559

Court House:

341 South Jefferson
County Courthouse
Mason, MI 48854-1652

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Ingham County named for United States Secretary of the Treasury Samuel D. Ingham, and is a Cabinet county.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Ingham County named for United States Secretary of the Treasury Samuel D. Ingham, and is a Cabinet county.

Ingham County was established by an act of the Michigan Territorial Legislature on October 29, 1829, from portions of Shiawassee County, Washtenaw County and unorganized territory. It was attached for administrative purposes to Washtenaw County until 1838 when county government was established for Ingham.

Neighboring Counties:

Shiawassee County (northeast)
Livingston County (east)
Washtenaw County (southeast)
Jackson County (south)
Eaton County (west)
Clinton County (northwest)

Cities and Towns:

- Alaiedon	township
- Aurelius	township
- Bunker Hill	township
- Dansville	village	Incorporated Area
- Delhi charter	township
- East Lansing	city	Incorporated Area
- Ingham	township
- Lansing	city	Incorporated Area
- Lansing charter	township
- Leslie	city	Incorporated Area
- Locke	township
- Mason (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Meridian charter	township
- Onondaga	township
- Stockbridge	village	Incorporated Area
- Vevay	township
- Webberville	village	Incorporated Area
- Wheatfield	township
- White Oak	township
- Williamston	city	Incorporated Area
- Williamstown	township

County Resources:

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County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this 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."