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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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Kalkaska County, Michigan
Kalkaska County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Kalkaska
Year Organized: 1870
Square Miles: 561 |
Court House: 605 N. Birch St.
County Courthouse
Kalkaska, MI 49646-0000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
The name Kalkaska is thought to be a Chippewa word meaning flat or burned-over country.
Demographics:
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History
Set Off: 1840 as Wabassee County. Renamed Kalkaska in 1843
Organized: 1871
The first settler in Kalkaska County was an Englishman named William Copeland, who purchased land in the northwest corner of the county in 1855. The county was originally called Wabasee. The name Kalkaska is thought to be a Chippewa word meaning flat or burned-over country. Logging was the first
important industry.
The discovery of substantial deposits of oil and natural gas resulted in the construction of a processing plant by Shell Oil Company in 1973 and a major economic boom in the community.
Neighboring Counties:
- Antrim County (north)
- Crawford County (east)
- Missaukee County (south)
- Grand Traverse County (west)
Cities and Towns:
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- Blue Lake |
township |
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- Boardman |
township |
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- Clearwater |
township |
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- Coldsprings |
township |
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- Excelsior |
township |
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- Fife Lake |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Garfield |
township |
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- Kalkaska
(County Seat) |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Oliver |
township |
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- Orange |
township |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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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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