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| County | County Seat | Date Formed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcona | Harrisville | 1 Apr 1840 | Originally named Negwegon County, renamed in 1843.
Formed from unorganized territory and attached to Mackinac County for administrative purposes until county government was organized in 1869. |
| Alger | Munising | 17 Mar 1885 | Formed from parts of Schoolcraft County. |
| Allegan | Allegan | 2 Mar 1831 | Formed from unorganized land and a portion of Barry county. County government organized in 1835. |
| Alpena | Alpena | Apr 1 1840 | Originally named Anamickee County, renamed in 1843. Formed from a part of Mackinac County and unorganized territory and attached for administrative purposes first to Mackinac County and then in 1853 to Cheboygan County. County government was organized on February 7, 1857. |
| Antrim | Bellaire | 1840 | Grand Traverse |
| Arena | Standish | 1883 | Bay, Saginaw |
| Baraga | L'Anse | 1875 | Houghton |
| Barry | Hastings | 1829 | St. Joseph, Kalamazoo |
| Bay | Bay City | 1857 | Saginaw, Midland |
| Banzie | Beulah | 1863 | Grand Traverse, Leelanau |
| Berrien | Saint Joseph | 1829 | Cass |
| Branch | Coldwater | 1829 | St. Joseph, Lenawee |
| Calhoun | Marshall | 1829 | St Joseph, Kalamazoo |
| Cass Cassopolis | 1829 | Lenawee | |
| Charlevoix | Charlevoix | 1869 | Emmet |
| Cheboygan | Cheboygan | 1840 | Mackinac |
| Chippewa | Sault Sainte Marie | 1826 | Mackinac |
| Clare | Harrison | 1840 | Isabella, Midland, Mecosta |
| Clinton | Saint Johns | 1818 | Shiawassee, Kent |
| Crawford | Grayling | 1818 | Cheboygan, Antrim, Kalkaska |
| Delta | Escanaba | 1843 | Mackinac |
| Dickinson | Iron Mountain | 1891 | Marquette, Menominee |
| Eaton | Charlotte | 1837 | St. Joseph, Kalamazoo, Calhoun |
| Emmett | Petoskey | 1853 | Mackinac |
| Genesee | Flint | 1835 | Lapeer |
| Gladwin | Gladwin | 1875 | Saginaw, Midland |
| Gogebic | Bessemer | 1881 | Ontonagon |
| Grand Traverse | Traverse City | 1851 | Mackinac |
| Gratiot | Ithaca | 1855 | Saginaw, Clinton |
| Hillsdale | Hillsdale | 1835 | Lenawee |
| Houghton | Houghton | 1845 | Marquette, Schoolcraft, Ontonagon |
| Huron | Bad Axe | 1840 | Saginaw, St. Clair, Sanilac |
| Ingham | Mason | 1838 | Washtenaw, Jackson, Eaton |
| Ionia | Ionia | 1831 | Kent |
| Iosco | Tawas City | 1857 | Saginaw, Cheboygan |
| Iron | Crystal Falls | 1885 | Marquette, Menominee |
| Isabella | Mount Pleasant | 1831 | Saginaw, Midland |
| Jackson | Jackson | 1832 | Washtenaw |
| Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo | 1829 | St. Joseph |
| Kalkaska | Kalkaska | 1870 | Grand Traverse, Antrim |
| Kent | Grand Rapids | 1831 | Kalamazoo |
| Keweenaw | Eagle River | 1861 | Houghton |
| Lake | Baldwin | 1870 | Oceana, Mason, Newaygo |
| Lapeer | Lapeer | 1835 | Oakland |
| Leelanau | Leland | 1840 | Grand Traverse |
| Lenawee | Adrian | 1822 | Wayne |
| Livingston | Howell | 1836 | Shiawassee, Washtenaw |
| Luce | Newberry | 1887 | Chippewa, Mackinac |
| Mackinac | Saint Ignace | 1818 | Wayne and the French |
| Macomb | Mount Clemens | 1818 | Wayne |
| Manistee | Manistee | 1855 | Mackinac, Ottawa, Oceana, Grand Traverse |
| Marquette | Marquette | 1851 | Chippewa, Houghton |
| Mason | Ludington | 1840 | Ottawa, Oceana |
| Mecosta | Big Rapids | 1859 | Newaygo |
| Menominee | Monominee | 1863 | Marquette |
| Midland | Midland | 1850 | Saginaw |
| Missaukee | Lake City | 1840 | Antrim, Grand Traverse |
| Monroe | Monroe | 1817 | Wayne |
| Montcalm | Stanton | 1831 | Ionia |
| Montmorency | Atlanta | 1881 | Cheboygan, Alpena |
| Muskegon | Muskegon | 1859 | Ottawa |
| Newaygo | White Cloud | 1840 | Kent, Muskegon, Oceana |
| Oakland | Pontiac | 1819 | Wayne |
| Oceana | Hart | 1831 | Ottawa |
| Ogemaw | West Branch | 1880 | Saginaw, Branch |
| Ontonagon | Ontonagon | 1848 | Chippewa, Houghton |
| Osceola | Reed City | 1840 | Mason, Newaygo, Mecosta |
| Oscoda | Mio | 1840 | Cheboygan, Alpena, Alcona |
| Otsego (Originally Okkuddo) | Gaylord | 1840 | Michilimackinac |
| Ottawa | Grand Haven | 1837 | Kent |
| Presque Isle | Rogers City | 1840 | Mackinac |
| Roscommon | Roscommon | 1875 | Cheboygan, Midland |
| Saginaw | Saginaw | 1835 | Oakland |
| Saint Clair | Port Huron | 1822 | Wayne |
| Saint Joseph | Centreville | 1829 | Wayne |
| Sanilac | Sandusky | 1848 | Oakland, St Clair, Lapeer |
| Schoolcraft | Manistique | 1848 | Chippewa, Houghton, Marquette |
| Shiawassee | Corunna | 1822 | Oakland, Genesee |
| Tuscola | Caro | 1840 | Saginaw |
| Van Buren | Paw Paw | 1829 | Cass |
| Washtenaw | Ann Arbor | 1826 | Wayne, Oakland |
| Wayne | Detroit | 1815 | Original County |
| Wexford | Cadillac | 1840 | Manistee |
January 15, 1818, all of Wayne County lying north of the base-line was erected into the new county of Macomb, embracing all of the present counties of Macomb, Oakland, Livingston, St. Clair, and Lapeer, parts of Sanilac, Tuscola, and Shiawassee, the east half of Ingham, and all of Genesee, excepting a small part in its northwest corner; the boundaries of the newly-erected county being described in the proclamation as "beginning at the southwest corner of township number one, north of the base-line (so called) and in the first range; thence along the Indian boundary-line, north, to the angle formed by the intersection of the line running to White Rock, upon Lake Huron; thence with the last-mentioned line to the boundary-line between the United States and the British province of Upper Canada; thence, with said line, southwardly, to a point in Lake St. Clair due east from the place of beginning; thence, due west, to the eastern extremity of said base-line, and, with the same, to the place of beginning."
Oakland was taken from Macomb and erected a county by proclamation of Governor Cass, dated January 12, 1819. That county then included, in addition to its present area, the southernmost tier of townships now in Shiawassee County, the two southern towns in Genesee, the east half of Ingham, and all of the present county of Livingston. It was not until March 28, 1820, however, that the organization of Oakland as a county was effected, under executive proclamation.
Washtenaw County was "laid out" by the proclamation of Governor Cass, September 10, 1822, to include the two tiers of townships (Green Oak, Hamburg, Putnam, Unadilla, losco, Marion, Genoa, and Brighton) Which now form the south half of Livingston County, and also four tiers of townships south of the base-line. It was not organized as a county until December 31, 1836.
Shiawassee County was "laid out" by executive proclamation at the same time that Washtenaw was erected, viz., September 10, 1822. Within the bounds of Shiawassee, as then laid out, there were embraced, in addition to its present territory, eight townships on the western side of Genesee, the northeast quarter of Ingham, and the north half of Livingston County, including the townships of Tyrone, Deerfield, Cohoctah, Conway, Handy, Howell, Oceola, and Hartland. Shiawassee was not organized until March 18, 1837. Thus it is shown that the territory which now forms the county of Livingston was first included in Wayne County and so remained until January 15, 1818, when it became a part of Macomb; that it was included in Oakland from the erection of that county, January 12, 1819, until September 10, 1822, when its southern half was given to Washtenaw, and its northern half to Shiawassee.
The territory now Livingston County remained included in Shiawassee and Washtenaw until March 21, 1833, when Governor George B. Porter approved "an act to provide for laying out the county of Livingston," as follows:
"Be it enacted by the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, That so much of the county of Washtenaw as is included within the following limits, viz.: townships one and two north, in ranges three, four, five, and six east of the principal meridian; and so much of the county of Shiawassee as is included within the following limits, viz.: townships three and four north, in ranges three, four, five, and six east of the meridian, be and the same are hereby set off into a separate county, and the name thereof shall be Livingston, which, for the present, shall, for all judicial purposes, remain the same as though this act had not passed. The name of the county was given in honor of Edward Livingston, Secretary of State, under President Jackson. The territory of the new county remained attached for judicial and municipal purposes as before, viz., the south half to Washtenaw, and the north half, to Oakland, -- as Shiawassee, not having been organized, was attached to that county.
The organization of Livingston County was effected under an act of the Legislature, approved March 24, 1836, by which it was provided "That the county of Livingston shall be organized, and the inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges to which, by law, the inhabitants of other counties of this State are entitled."
At its organization the county embraced the townships of Green Oak, Hamburg, Putnam, Unadilla, Howell, and Hartland, Green Oak--erected March 17, 1835 -- included its present area, and also the township of Brighton; Hamburg--erected March 26, 1835 -- included, in addition to its present limits, the township of Genoa; Unadilla -- laid out March 26,1835 -- included the present township of losco; Putnam -- erected March 23, 1836 -- took in what is now the township of Marion; Howell -- erected March 23, 1836 -- included, in addition to its present area, the townships of Oceola, Deerfield, Cohoctah, Conway, and Handy; and Hartland -- laid out at the same time -- was embraced in its present limits. The northeastern (surveyed) township, of the county--now Tyrone -- had not then been laid out by law, but was included in Deerfield, at the erection of that township, by act of March 20, 1837. The subsequent subdivisions of the county are noticed in the several township histories.
