Place:Keweenaw, Michigan, United States

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NameKeweenaw
Alt namesIsle Royalsource: Family History Library Catalog
Keweenawsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates47.367°N 88.2°W
Located inMichigan, United States     (1861 - )
See alsoHoughton, Michigan, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Isle Royal, Michigan, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Calvary Cemetery
Inhabited place
Ahmeek
Allouez
Bete Grise
Betsy
Bumbletown
Central
Copper Falls
Copper Harbor
Delaware
Eagle Harbor
Eagle Nest
Eagle River
Fulton
Gay
Hebards
Lac La Belle
Mandan
Mohawk
Nepco Camp Number 7
Ojibway
Phoenix
Rock Harbor Lodge
Seneca
Snowshoe
Traverse
Vaughsville
Windigo
Wyoming
Unknown
Isle Royale
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Keweenaw County ( or ) is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, the state's northernmost county. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 2,046, making it Michigan's least populous county. It is also the state's largest county by total area, when the waters of Lake Superior are included in the total. The county seat is Eagle River.

The county was set off and organized in 1861.[1] It is believed "Keweenaw" is a corruption of an Ojibwe word that means "portage" or "place where portage is made"; compare the names of the nearby Portage Lake and Portage River which together make up the Keweenaw Waterway. Keweenaw County is part of the Houghton, Michigan, Micropolitan Statistical Area. Isle Royale, a national park which no longer has year-round inhabitants, was a separate county that was incorporated into Keweenaw County in 1897.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1861 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1861 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1861 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1866 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1869 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1869 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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
1870 4,205
1880 4,270
1890 2,894
1900 3,217
1910 7,156
1920 6,322
1930 5,076
1940 4,004
1950 2,918
1960 2,417
1970 2,264
1980 1,963
1990 1,701

Note: Keweenaw's 1870 census boundaries were the same as those of 1900-1990.

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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/county_list.htm

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