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County: Chippewa (17)
Created from: 1826
Boundary finalized:
County Seat: Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Population: 1900 = 21,338 | 2000 = 36,785
Chippewa County, Michigan was organized in 1826 and named after the Ojibwe (Chippewa) people. The county seat is Sault Ste. Marie.
The first white settlement in the area was established in 1668.
The Homestead Act of 1862 made land affordable for settlers, and the first settlers arrived in 1865. The State of Michigan established Chippewa Township in 1868. By the late 1800s, logging was the main industry in the area.
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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