County: Ontonagon (66)

Created from: Chippewa and Mackinac counties. Later split with Gogebic County.

Set off: 1843, organized in 1848.

Boundary finalized:

Population: 1900 = 6,197 | 2000 = 5,816

County seat: Village of Ontonagon.

Named after the Ontonagon River, a loose derivative from an Ojibwe language word meaning "hunting river".[Wiki]

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

[AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
[AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
[AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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