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County: Tuscola (79)
Created from: Saginaw County
Boundary finalized: 1840
Population: 1900 = 25,890 | 2000 = 58,266
Tuscola County, Michigan was created on April 1, 1840 from land in Sanilac County>. The county seat is Caro. Before being organized, Tuscola County was attached to Saginaw County for administrative purposes. The word "Tuscola" is a Cherokee word that means "Digging in Many Places".
Notes
Time Line
1840. County is created from Saginaw County.
Bibliography
The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [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