Michigan

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Background • Federal Census Summary • Counties • Links to State ResourcesBackground

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Michigan was part of the Northwest Territory established in 1787. When Indiana Territory was created in 1800 it included the west half of lower Michigan and nearly all of the Upper Peninsula, leaving the remainder of the present State in the Northwest Territory until 1802, when the eastern portion also became part of Indiana Territory. Michigan Territory was established in 1805, but nearly all the Upper Peninsula remained in Indiana or Illinois Territories. In 1818 Michigan Territory's boundaries were extended to include the rest of the Upper Peninsula and all of present-day Wisconsin and northeastern Minnesota. In 1834 the Territory was expanded still further to stretch to the Missouri River, including the rest of Minnesota, Iowa, and the eastern Dakotas. Michigan Territory included a northern strip of Indiana until 1816, and it also governed a narrow strip of what is now northwestern Ohio which was claimed by that State. This was ceded to Ohio in 1836, and Michigan was admitted as a State on January 26, 1837 with essentially its present boundaries.

Federal Census Summary

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In 1790 the Northwest Territory had no census coverage. In 1800 coverage of the present State included only the Detroit area (Wayne County, Northwest Territory) and some persons at "Machilamackanack," Indiana Territory. Coverage in 1810, 1820, and 1830 expanded in the Lower Peninsula and included population in the strip that was ceded to Ohio in 1836. The 1820 and 1830 censuses also included some settlements in present-day Wisconsin, shown under that State. The 1840 census covered all parts of the State.

1790: ---	1800: 3,757	1810: 4,762	1820: 7,452	1830: 28,004	1840: 212,267	1850: 397,654	1860: 749,113
1870: 1,184,059	1880: 1,636,937	1890: 2,093,890	1900: 2,420,982	1910: 2,810,173	1920: 3,668,412	1930: 4,842,325	1940: 5,256,106
1950: 6,371,766	1960: 7,823,194	1970: 8,875,083	1980: 9,262,078	1990: 9,295,297	2000: 9,938,444

Counties
Alcona Alger Allegan Alpena Antrim Arenac Baraga Barry Bay Benzie Berrien Branch Calhoun Cass Charlevoix Cheboygan Chippewa Clare Clinton Crawford Delta Dickinson	Eaton Emmet Genesee Gladwin Gogebic Grand Traverse Gratiot Hillsdale Houghton Huron Ingham Ionia Iosco Iron Isabella Isle Royal Jackson Kalamazoo Kalkaska Keweenaw Kent	Lake Lapeer Leelanau Lenawee Livingston Luce Mackinac Macomb Manistee Manitou Marquette Mason Mecosta Menominee Midland Missaukee Monroe Montcalm Montmorency Muskegon Newaygo	Oakland Oceana Ogemaw Ontonagon Osceola Oscoda Otsego Ottawa Presque Isle Roscommon Saginaw St. Clair St. Joseph Sanilac Schoolcraft Shiawassee Tuscola Van Buren Washtenaw Wayne Wexford

State Resources

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SOM - State of Michigan
... Email & Phone Telephone Directory State Senators State Representatives Michigan Courts Local Governments Surveys  Help ... General  •  Secretary of ...
http://www.michigan.gov/ (more from www.michigan.gov)

Livingston County MI - Historical & Genealogical Project
... Vital Records for State of Michigan Library of Congress ... either The Livingston County ...
http://www.livgenmi.com/

MHAL - Genealogy
... Genealogy Web Links Genealogy Workshops Michigan 1870 Census Michigan Cemetery Sources Michigan County Clerks Directory Michigan Genealogist Newsletter Michigan Naturalization Record ...
http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18635---,00.html (more from www.michigan.gov)

Genealogy Trails - Finding Ancestors wherever their trails led
... informed of our state and county website ... the Trail.... Our Website Updates State Sites Available for Hosting ...
http://genealogytrails.com/

A To Z Marriages: Search online Michigan marriage records for by County
... Historical Society of Michigan State Archives of Michigan ... 48909 State of Michigan ...
http://www.atozmarriages.com/usa/mi/

State Projects Page
State Projects Page State Tombstone Transcription Projects Alabama Carolyn ... charge of your state to arrange sending ...
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cemetery/registry.html

Genealogy Trails State Adoption List
... Genealogy Trails State Adoption List     STATE HOST LIST AND STATE ... Nancy Washell  cazzy62 @ yahoo.com Michigan Available for Adoption ...
http://genealogytrails.com/main/adoption.html

ISL: Indiana Academic Libraries Links
... Tour of the State Library Find Resources for ... Impaired Search the State Library Catalog Find statistics about ...
http://www.in.gov/library/2374.htm

Michigan Poorhouse History
... house in Calhoun County , Michigan I think it was at ... Holdings at the MICHIGAN STATE ...
http://www.poorhousestory.com/poorhouses_in_michigan.htm

The Political Graveyard: Miscellaneous Areas, Michigan
... The Political Graveyard: Miscellaneous Areas, Michigan   Web politicalgraveyard.com Miscellaneous Areas ...
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ZZ.html

 

References

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Forstall, Richard L., Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 1996.

Perry, Marc J., et. al., Population Change and Distribution: Census 2000 Brief, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 2001.