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Ottawa County, Michigan

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

 

County Seat: Grand Haven
Year Organized: 1837
Square Miles: 566
 
Court House:

414 Washington Street
County Courthouse
Grand Haven, MI 49417-1473

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Ottawa County is named for the Native American Ottawa people.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Ottawa County is named for the Native American Ottawa people.

 

Set Off: 1831

Organized: 1837

Neighboring Counties:
  • Muskegon County (north)
  • Kent County (east)
  • Allegan County (south)
     
Cities and Towns:
- Allendale township  
- Blendon township  
- Chester township  
- Coopersville city Incorporated Area
- Crockery township  
- Ferrysburg city Incorporated Area
- Georgetown township  
- Grand Haven (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Holland city Incorporated Area
- Hudsonville city Incorporated Area
- Jamestown charter township  
- Olive township  
- Park township  
- Polkton township  
- Port Sheldon township  
- Robinson township  
- Spring Lake village Incorporated Area
- Tallmadge township  
- Wright township  
- Zeeland city Incorporated Area
- Zeeland charter township
County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

Counties: US Map

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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