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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Lapeer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 88,619. The county seat is Lapeer. The county was created on September 18, 1822, and was fully organized on February 2, 1835. The name is a corruption of the French la pierre, which means "the stone". Lapeer County is included in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1822 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1831 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1835 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1835 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1838 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1867 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1840 | 4,265
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| 1850 | 7,029
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| 1860 | 14,754
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| 1870 | 21,345
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| 1880 | 30,138
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| 1890 | 29,213
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| 1900 | 27,641
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| 1910 | 26,033
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| 1920 | 25,782
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| 1930 | 28,348
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| 1940 | 32,116
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| 1950 | 35,794
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| 1960 | 41,926
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| 1970 | 52,317
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| 1980 | 70,038
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| 1990 | 74,768
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~milapeer
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