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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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Newaygo County, Michigan
Newaygo County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: White Cloud
Year Organized: 1840
Square Miles: 842
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Court House: 1087 Newell Street
County Courthouse
White Cloud, MI 49349-8795
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Newaygo County was either named for a Chippewa leader who signed the Saginaw Treaty of 1819 or for a Native American word meaning much water
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Newaygo County was either named for a Chippewa leader who signed the Saginaw Treaty of 1819 or for a Native American word meaning much water
Set Off: 1840
Organized: 1851
Neighboring Counties:
- Lake County (north)
- Mecosta County (east)
- Montcalm County (east-southeast)
- Kent County (southeast)
- Muskegon County (southwest)
- Oceana County (west)
Cities and Towns:
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- Ashland |
township |
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- Barton |
township |
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- Beaver |
township |
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- Big Prairie |
township |
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- Bridgeton |
township |
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- Brooks |
township |
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- Croton |
township |
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- Dayton |
township |
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- Denver |
township |
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- Ensley |
township |
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- Everett |
township |
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- Fremont |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Garfield |
township |
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- Goodwell |
township |
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- Grant |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Home |
township |
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- Lilley |
township |
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- Newaygo |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Norwich |
township |
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- Sheridan charter |
township |
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- Sherman |
township |
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- White Cloud
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Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wilcox |
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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