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1855 Michigan State University was founded as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, becoming the first land grant university in the United States. 1861-1865 Michigan sent 90,000 men, nearly a quarter of the state's male population, to fight in state regiments in the Civil War .
History of County Creation Archived June 25, 2004, at the Wayback Machine; Michigan County History and atlases, digitized database, including Powers, Perry F., assisted by H.G. Cutler, A History of Northern Michigan and its People (1912) Michigan County names per the Michigan government. Archived July 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
The history of Detroit and Michigan; or, The metropolis illustrated; a full record of territorial days in Michigan, and the annals of Wayne County. Farmer, Silas (1890). History of Detroit and Wayne County and early Michigan: a chronological cyclopedia of the past and present., Google version; full text; May, George S. ed.
The state of Michigan is largely divided in the same way as many other U.S. states, but is distinct in its usage of charter townships. Michigan ranks 13th among the fifty states in terms of the number of local governmental entities. The state is divided into 83 counties, and further
Michigan adopted Central Standard Time throughout the state effective September 18, 1885. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 1915, Detroit changed to Eastern time to be on the same time zone as New York , [ 4 ] followed by most of the rest of the state in 1931.
Genesee County (/ ˈ dʒ ɛ n ə s i / JEN-uh-see) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 406,211, [1] making it the fifth-most populous county in Michigan, and the most populous in Mid Michigan. The county seat and population center is Flint (birthplace of General Motors). [2]
Houghton County (/ ˈ h oʊ t ən /; HOH-tən) is a county in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,361. [2] The county seat and largest city is Houghton. [3] [4] Both the county and the city were named for Michigan State geologist and Detroit Mayor Douglass Houghton. [5] [3]
The Cabinet counties are ten counties in the southern part of the U.S. state of Michigan named after President Andrew Jackson and people who served in his Cabinet. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Michigan Territorial legislature created twelve counties on October 29, 1829, [ 3 ] naming eight of them after members of the recently elected Jackson's cabinet.