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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
Baraga County is a county in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 8,158, making it Michigan's fifth-least populous county. The county seat is L'Anse. The county is named after Bishop Frederic Baraga, a Catholic missionary who ministered to the Ojibwa Indians in the Michigan Territory.[1]
The L'Anse Indian Reservation of the Ojibwa is within Baraga County.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1875 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1875 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1875 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1875 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1875 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1876 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1890 | 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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| 1880 | 1,804
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| 1890 | 3,036
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| 1900 | 4,320
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| 1910 | 6,127
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| 1920 | 7,662
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| 1930 | 9,168
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| 1940 | 9,356
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| 1950 | 8,037
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| 1960 | 7,151
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| 1970 | 7,789
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| 1980 | 8,484
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| 1990 | 7,954
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~mibaraga/
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