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County: Charlevoix (15)
Created from: Michilmackinac County (1840)
Boundary finalized: 1896
Population: 1900 = 9999 | 2000 = 9999
Charlevoix County, Michigan was originally named Kesk-kauko in 1840 after a Saginaw tribe chief. In 1843, the county was renamed Charlevoix County after Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, a French Jesuit missionary. Charlevoix is said to have stayed on Fisherman's Island during a storm in 1721.
The Charlevoix area was part of the territory acquired in 1836 by the Treaty of Washington. The area was settled by fishermen by 1852. The village of Charlevoix was built on the site of an Indian village. [GGAI]
- 01 Apr 1840 - KESKKAUKO (now CHARLEVOIX) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); KESKKAUKO not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 27, 35/pp. 199-200)
- 08 Mar 1843 - KESKKAUKO renamed CHARLEVOIX. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 67/p. 145)
- 29 Jan 1853 - CHARLEVOIX lost all territory to EMMET; CHARLEVOIX eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 18, secs. 1, 4, 7-8/pp. 15-17)
- 02 Apr 1869 - CHARLEVOIX re-created from ANTRIM, EMMET and OTSEGO (which was attached to ANTRIM); boundaries were somewhat different from those CHARLEVOIX originally had in 1840. (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 390/p. 1091)
- 04 Apr 1895 - CHARLEVOIX gained part of MANITOU (Beaver Island and surrounding islands); MANITOU eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1895, reg. sess., loc., no. 362, secs. 1-2/p. 132)
- 06 Apr 1896 - CHARLEVOIX lost to EMMET. (Mich. Acts 1895, reg. sess., loc., no. 428/p. 484; Traverse Region, facing p. 169)
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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
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