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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
Houghton County is a county in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 37,361. The county seat and largest city is Houghton. Both the county and the city were named for Michigan State geologist and Detroit Mayor Douglass Houghton.[1]
Houghton County is part of the Houghton Micropolitan Statistical Area, which also includes Keweenaw County, and was part of Copper Country during the mining boom of the latter half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1845 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1848 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1848 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1855 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1867 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1872 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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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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1850 | 708
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1860 | 9,234
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1870 | 13,879
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1880 | 22,473
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1890 | 35,389
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1900 | 66,063
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1910 | 88,098
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1920 | 71,930
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1930 | 52,851
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1940 | 47,631
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1950 | 39,771
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1960 | 35,654
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1970 | 34,652
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1980 | 37,872
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1990 | 35,446
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~mihought
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