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Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-1838-6. Vogel, Virgil J. (1986). Indian Names in Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. pp. 244, 8 B&W photographs & 3 maps.
Huron County was originally attached to neighboring Sanilac and Tuscola counties. It was created by Michigan law on April 1, 1840, [4] and was fully organized by an Act of Legislature on January 25, 1859. [1]
The Thumb of Michigan forms a tableland with knolls or hillocks located in the central part of the Thumb along the Cass River. The county seat of Tuscola is Caro that is located north of the Cass River along one of these large knolls. The land around Caro particularly to the west, north, and northeast is widely farmed and cultivated.
Tahquamenon Falls in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.. The heavily forested Upper Peninsula is relatively mountainous in the west. The Porcupine Mountains, which are part of one of the oldest mountain chains in the world, [3] rise to an altitude of almost 2,000 feet (610 m) above sea level and form the watershed between the streams flowing into Lake Superior and Lake Michigan.
The southern portion of the township is drained by tributaries of the Flint River while the northern part is drained by tributaries of the Cass River.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.2 square miles (94 km 2), of which 35.8 square miles (93 km 2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km 2) (0.94%) is water.
Wisner Township is a civil township of Tuscola County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The population was 604 at the 2020 census. [3]The first land entries in this area were made by Joshua Terry in 1853, by Green Bird in 1854, and by Isaiah Jester in 1855.
Dollar Bay is an unincorporated community located approximately three miles east of Hancock on M-26 at 4] near the point where the Portage Lake Canal connects to Portage Lake. Torch Lake is just to the north. The ZIP code is 49922.
In Michigan, most local government functions — police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc. — are the responsibility of individual cities and townships. The Alcona County Circuit Court is part of the 23rd Circuit of Michigan.