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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
Menominee County is a county located in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 23,502. The county seat is Menominee. The county's name comes from an American Indian word meaning "wild rice eater" used to describe a tribe. The county was created in 1861 from area partitioned out of Delta County, under the name of Bleeker. When county government was organized in 1863, the name was changed to Menominee.
Menominee County is part of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1850 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1861 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1861 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1863 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1867 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1867 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1870 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1900 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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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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| 1870 | 1,791
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| 1880 | 11,987
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| 1890 | 33,639
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| 1900 | 27,046
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| 1910 | 25,648
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| 1920 | 23,778
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| 1930 | 23,652
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| 1940 | 24,883
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| 1950 | 25,299
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| 1960 | 24,685
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| 1970 | 24,587
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| 1980 | 26,201
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| 1990 | 24,920
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Research Tips
External links
www.menomineecounty.com/
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