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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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Macomb County, Michigan
Macomb County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Mount Clemens
Year Organized: 1818
Square Miles: 480
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Court House: 1 South Main Street
County Administration Building
Mount Clemens, MI 48043-2306
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Macomb County is named for US General Alexander Macomb, a notable officer of the War of 1812.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Macomb County is named for US General Alexander Macomb, a notable officer of the War of 1812.
Set Off: 1818
Organized: 1818
The Ojibwa were the first settlers in the area. The first Europeans arrived in the area during the 17th century. A Moravian colony was established in the county in the late 18th Century. They included French fur trappers and missionaries. In addition to the original French and English, later
settlers included Germans, Belgians and others who came directly from Europe.
Macomb County was formally organized on January 15, 1818 as the third county in the Michigan territory. At that time, it covered a much larger area than it does today. In 1819 and 1820, large portions of the county were removed to form the counties of Oakland, Lapeer, Genesee and St. Clair. The
county was named in honor of General Alexander Macomb, Jr. a highly decorated veteran of the War of 1812.
The county gained fame in the 1980s and '90s as a bellwether of state and national politics. Macomb's large cohort of working-class, socially conservative whites gave it one of the nation's most prominent concentrations of "Reagan Democrats", and outsider candidates with a conservative-populist bent
have done well there in the past (e.g. George Wallace in 1968 and Pat Buchanan in 1992).
Neighboring Counties:
- Across Lake St. Clair lies Chatham-Kent (east) and Essex County (south), Ontario, Canada
- St. Clair County, Michigan - northeast
- Lapeer County, Michigan - northwest
- Oakland County, Michigan - west
- Wayne County, Michigan - south
Cities and Towns:
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- Armada |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bruce |
township |
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- Center Line |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Chesterfield |
township |
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- Eastpointe |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fraser |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lenox |
township |
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- Macomb |
township |
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- Mount Clemens
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Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- New Baltimore |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- New Haven |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ray |
township |
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- Richmond |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Romeo |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Roseville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Shelby charter |
township |
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- St. Clair Shores |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sterling Heights |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Utica |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Warren |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Washington |
township |
County Resources:
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Online High Schools
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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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