MI: Individual County Chronologies

NEGWEGON (now ALCONA) created from Non-County Area 2 attached to SAGINAW; NEGWEGON not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 15, 35/pp. 198, 200)

NEGWEGON renamed ALCONA. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 67/p. 145)

ALCONA detached from MACKINAC, attached to CHEBOYGAN "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 20/p. 19)

ALCONA detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to ALPENA "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 65/p. 162)

ALCONA detached from ALPENA, attached to IOSCO "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

ALCONA fully organized, detached from IOSCO; OSCODA detached from IOSCO, attached to ALCONA "for judicial and other purposes." (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 266, secs. 1, 5/pp. 336-337)

OSCODA fully organized, detached from ALCONA. (Mich. Acts 1881, reg. sess., pub., no. 19/p. 16)

ALGER created from SCHOOLCRAFT. (Mich. Acts 1885, reg. sess., pub., no. 23/p. 17)

ALLEGAN created by Michigan Territory from BARRY (which was attached to KALAMAZOO), Non-County Area 1 attached to CASS, and Non-County Area 5 attached to KALAMAZOO; ALLEGAN not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:sec. 4/p. 871)

ALLEGAN attached to KALAMAZOO "for all legal purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:997-998)

ALLEGAN fully organized, detached from KALAMAZOO. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 4:136-137)

ANAMICKEE (now ALPENA) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) and Non-County Area 2 attached to SAGINAW; ANAMICKEE not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 24, 35/pp. 199-200)

ANAMICKEE renamed ALPENA. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 67/p. 145)

ALPENA detached from MACKINAC, attached to CHEBOYGAN "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 20/p. 19)

ALPENA fully organized, detached from CHEBOYGAN; ALCONA, MONTMORENCY, OSCODA, and part of PRESQUE ISLE detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to ALPENA "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 65/p. 162)

ALCONA and OSCODA detached from ALPENA, attached to IOSCO; OTSEGO and PRESQUE ISLE detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to ALPENA. All attachments were "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

OTSEGO detached from ALPENA, attached to ANTRIM "for municipal and judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1863, reg. sess., no. 78/p. 119)

PRESQUE ISLE fully organized, detached from ALPENA. (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 398, sec. 1/p. 128)

MONTMORENCY fully organized, detached from ALPENA. (Mich. Acts 1881, reg. sess., pub., no. 163, sec. 1/p. 160)

MEEGISEE (now ANTRIM) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); MEEGISEE not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 21, 35/pp. 198, 200)

MEEGISEE renamed ANTRIM. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 67/p. 145)

ANTRIM detached from MACKINAC, attached to GRAND TRAVERSE "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 34/p. 43)

ANTRIM fully organized, detached from GRAND TRAVERSE. CRAWFORD detached from IOSCO, attached to ANTRIM; KALKASKA detached from GRAND TRAVERSE, attached to ANTRIM; OTSEGO detached from ALPENA, attached to ANTRIM. All attachments were "for municipal and judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1863, reg. sess., no. 78/p. 119)

ANTRIM gained from GRAND TRAVERSE. (Mich. Acts 1865, reg. sess., no. 254/p. 528)

ANTRIM lost to re-creation of CHARLEVOIX. Result of this change: area attached to ANTRIM was reduced when OTSEGO also lost to re-creation of CHARLEVOIX. (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 390/p. 1091)

KALKASKA fully organized, detached from ANTRIM; CRAWFORD detached from ANTRIM, attached to KALKASKA "for municipal and judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 294/p. 8)

OTSEGO fully organized, detached from ANTRIM. (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., pub., no. 32/p. 28)

ANTRIM gained small area from KALKASKA. (Mich. Acts 1881, reg. sess., loc., no. 315/p. 102)

ARENAC created by Michigan Territory from Non-County Area 2 attached to OAKLAND; ARENAC not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:sec. 12/p. 872)

ARENAC attached to SAGINAW "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 67)

ARENAC attachment to SAGINAW was confirmed [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 1, 4, 33-35/pp. 196, 200)

ARENAC lost all territory to creation of BAY; ARENAC eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 171, secs. 1-2, 15/pp. 438-439, 441; Mich. Rpts., 5:114)

ARENAC re-created from BAY; boundaries were somewhat different from those ARENAC originally had in 1831. (Mich. Acts 1883, reg. sess., pub., no. 35/p. 25)

BARAGA created from HOUGHTON. BARAGA was assigned jurisdiction over Lake Superior concurrent with "the counties contiguous thereto." (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., pub., no. 14/p. 13)

BARAGA exchanged with HOUGHTON. (Mich. Acts 1885, reg. sess., pub., no. 12/p. 10)

BARRY created by Michigan Territory from Non-County Area 1 attached to LENAWEE and Non-County Area 2 attached to OAKLAND; BARRY not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:sec. 4/p. 735)

BARRY attached to ST. JOSEPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

BARRY detached from ST. JOSEPH, attached to KALAMAZOO "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:836-837)

BARRY lost to creation of ALLEGAN. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:sec. 4/p. 871)

BARRY fully organized, detached from KALAMAZOO. (Mich. Acts 1839, ann. sess., no. 22/p. 17)

BAY created from MIDLAND, SAGINAW, and all of ARENAC; ARENAC eliminated. IOSCO was authorized to be attached to BAY, but IOSCO had been fully organized on 16 February 1857 [mistake corrected 11 February 1859]. (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 171, secs. 1-2, 15/pp. 438-439, 441; Mich. Rpts., 5:114)

BAY boundaries redefined [no change]; mistake of 20 April 1857, attaching IOSCO to BAY, was corrected [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1859, reg. sess., no. 97/p. 255)

BAY gained from SAGINAW. (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 448/p. 194)

BAY gained the Charity Islands from HURON. (Mich. Acts 1879, reg. sess., pub., no. 265/p. 287)

BAY gained from SAGINAW. (Mich. Acts 1881, reg. sess., loc., no. 414/p. 343)

BAY lost to re-creation of ARENAC. (Mich. Acts 1883, reg. sess., pub., no. 35/p. 25)

BENZIE created from LEELANAU; BENZIE not fully organized, attached to GRAND TRAVERSE "for civil and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1863, reg. sess., no. 48, secs. 1, 7/pp. 56, 58)

BENZIE fully organized, detached from GRAND TRAVERSE. (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 385, sec. 1/p. 1083)

BERRIEN created by Michigan Territory from Non-County Area 3 and Non-County Area 1 attached to LENAWEE; BERRIEN not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:sec. 13/p. 737)

BERRIEN attached to CASS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

BERRIEN fully organized, detached from CASS. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:902-903)

BOND (Ill.) created by Illinois Territory from MADISON (Ill.); included part of the Upper Peninsula of present Michigan. (Ill. Terr. Laws, 254)

BOND (Ill.) eliminated from present Michigan when the state of Illinois was created from Illinois Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:803; U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 67 [1818], sec. 7/p. 431, and res. 1 [1818]/p. 536)

BRANCH created by Michigan Territory from Non-County Area 1 attached to LENAWEE; BRANCH not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:sec. 10/p. 736)

BRANCH attached to ST. JOSEPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

BRANCH fully organized, detached from ST. JOSEPH. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:977)

BROWN (Wis.) created by Michigan Territory from non-county area in present Michigan and Wisconsin. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:803-804)

BROWN (Wis.) exchanged with CRAWFORD (Wis.), lost to creation of MILWAUKEE (Wis.); MILWAUKEE (Wis.) not fully organized, attached to BROWN (Wis.) "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1325)

MILWAUKEE (Wis.) fully organized, detached from BROWN (Wis.). (Mich. Terr. Laws, 4:136-137)

BROWN (Wis.) became a Wisconsin Territory county when Wisconsin Territory was created from Michigan Territory; BROWN (Wis.) eliminated from Michigan Territory. Part of BROWN (Wis.) fell in present Michigan and became part of Non-County Area 6. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 54 [1836], sec. 1/p. 10; Terr. Papers U.S., 27:41-52)

CALHOUN created by Michigan Territory from Non-County Area 1 attached to LENAWEE and Non-County Area 2 attached to OAKLAND; CALHOUN not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:sec. 6/p. 736)

CALHOUN attached to ST. JOSEPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

CALHOUN detached from ST. JOSEPH, attached to KALAMAZOO "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:836-837)

CALHOUN fully organized, detached from KALAMAZOO. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:984-985)

CASS created by Michigan Territory from Non-County Area 1 attached to LENAWEE; CASS not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:sec. 12/p. 737)

CASS fully organized. BERRIEN and VAN BUREN attached to CASS; part of Non-County Area 1 detached from LENAWEE, attached to CASS. All attachments were for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

CASS lost all of attached Non-County Area 1 to creation of ALLEGAN and OTTAWA; Non-County Area 1 eliminated. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:secs. 4-5/p. 871 )

CASS lost small area to ST. JOSEPH. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:889)

BERRIEN fully organized, detached from CASS. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:902-903)

VAN BUREN fully organized, detached from CASS. (Mich. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 51/p. 97)

KESKKAUKO (now CHARLEVOIX) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); KESKKAUKO not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 27, 35/pp. 199-200)

KESKKAUKO renamed CHARLEVOIX. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 67/p. 145)

CHARLEVOIX lost all territory to EMMET; CHARLEVOIX eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 18, secs. 1, 4, 7-8/pp. 15-17)

CHARLEVOIX re-created from ANTRIM, EMMET and OTSEGO (which was attached to ANTRIM); boundaries were somewhat different from those CHARLEVOIX originally had in 1840. (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 390/p. 1091)

CHARLEVOIX gained part of MANITOU (Beaver Island and surrounding islands); MANITOU eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1895, reg. sess., loc., no. 362, secs. 1-2/p. 132)

CHARLEVOIX lost to EMMET. (Mich. Acts 1895, reg. sess., loc., no. 428/p. 484; Traverse Region, facing p. 169)

CHEBOYGAN created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); CHEBOYGAN not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 29, 35/pp. 199-200)

CHEBOYGAN lost to EMMET and gained all of WYANDOT; WYANDOT eliminated. CHEBOYGAN fully organized, detached from MACKINAC. ALCONA, ALPENA, CRAWFORD, IOSCO, MONTMORENCY, OGEMAW, OSCODA, OTSEGO, PRESQUE ISLE, and ROSCOMMON all detached from MACKINAC, attached to CHEBOYGAN "for judicial and municipal purposes." CHEBOYGAN assigned jurisdiction over Lake Huron and Thunder and Saginaw Bays concurrent with "the other counties contiguous thereto." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 20/p. 19)

IOSCO detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to SAGINAW "for judicial and representative purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 35/p. 44)

ALPENA fully organized, detached from CHEBOYGAN; ALCONA, MONTMORENCY, OSCODA, and part of PRESQUE ISLE detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to ALPENA "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 65/p. 162)

CRAWFORD and OGEMAW detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to IOSCO; OTSEGO and PRESQUE ISLE detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to ALPENA; ROSCOMMON detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to MIDLAND. All attachments were "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

CHEBOYGAN lost to PRESQUE ISLE. (Mich. Acts 1873, reg. sess., no. 338/p. 85)

CHIPPEWA created by Michigan Territory from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); included parts of present Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:295-296)

CHIPPEWA lost to Wisconsin Territory when Wisconsin Territory was created from Michigan Territory; CHIPPEWA eliminated from present Minnesota and Wisconsin. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 54 [1836], sec. 1/p. 10; Terr. Papers U.S., 27:41-52)

CHIPPEWA exchanged with MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC), lost to creation of MARQUETTE, ONTONAGON, and SCHOOLCRAFT; MARQUETTE, ONTONAGON, and SCHOOLCRAFT not fully organized, attached to CHIPPEWA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 89, secs. 1-5, 7/pp. 201-203)

HOUGHTON created from MARQUETTE and ONTANAGON; HOUGHTON not fully organized, attached to CHIPPEWA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1845, ann. sess., no. 48/p. 58)

HOUGHTON fully organized, detached from CHIPPEWA; MARQUETTE, ONTONAGON, and SCHOOLCRAFT detached from CHIPPEWA, attached to HOUGHTON "for judicial and other purposes." (Mich. Acts 1846, ann. sess., no. 157, secs. 1, 7/pp. 286-287)

Boundary between CHIPPEWA and MACKINAC was redefined [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., pub., no. 185/p. 213)

CHIPPEWA lost to creation of LUCE. (Mich. Acts 1887, reg. sess., loc., no. 363, secs. 1, 13/pp. 84, 86)

KAYKAKEE (now CLARE) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) and Non-County Area 2 attached to SAGINAW; KAYKAKEE not fully organized, attached to SAGINAW "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 8, 34/pp. 197, 200)

KAYKAKEE renamed CLARE. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 67/p. 145)

CLARE detached from SAGINAW, attached to MIDLAND "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

CLARE detached from MIDLAND, attached to ISABELLA "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1859, reg. sess., no. 118/p. 318)

Part of CLARE was detached from ISABELLA, attached to MECOSTA "for judicial and other purposes." (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 320/p. 621)

CLARE fully organized, detached from ISABELLA and MECOSTA. (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 345/p. 59)

CLINTON created by Michigan Territory from Non-County Area 5 attached to KALAMAZOO; CLINTON not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:sec. 1/p. 871)

CLINTON attached to KENT "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 65)

CLINTON detached from KENT, attached to SHIAWASSEE "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 56/p. 106)

CLINTON fully organized, detached from SHIAWASSEE. (Mich. Acts 1839, ann. sess., no. 20/p. 15)

Part of GRATIOT detached from SAGINAW, attached to CLINTON for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Acts 1845, ann. sess., no. 42, secs. 1, 25/pp. 49, 53)

GRATIOT fully organized, detached from CLINTON. (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 16/p. 12)

CRAWFORD (Ill.) created by Illinois Territory from EDWARDS (Ill.); included part of the Upper Peninsula of present Michigan. (Ill. Terr. Laws, 247-248)

CRAWFORD (Ill.) eliminated from present Michigan when the state of Illinois was created from Illinois Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:803; U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 67 [1818], sec. 7/p. 431, and res. 1 [1818]/p. 536)

CRAWFORD (Wis.) created by Michigan Territory from non-county area in present Wisconsin and Minnesota. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:803-804)

CRAWFORD (Wis.) lost to creation of IOWA (Wis.). (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:714-715)

CRAWFORD (Wis.) exchanged with BROWN (Wis.). (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1325)

CRAWFORD (Wis.) became a Wisconsin Territory county when Wisconsin Territory was created from Michigan Territory; CRAWFORD (Wis.) eliminated from Michigan Territory. The northeast corner of CRAWFORD (Wis.) fell in present Michigan and became part of Non-County Area 6. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 54 [1836], sec. 1/p. 10; Terr. Papers U.S., 27:41-52)

SHAWONO (now CRAWFORD) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) and Non-County Area 2 attached to SAGINAW; SHAWONO not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 17, 35/pp. 198, 200)

SHAWONO renamed CRAWFORD. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 67/p. 145)

CRAWFORD detached from MACKINAC, attached to CHEBOYGAN "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 20/p. 19)

CRAWFORD detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to IOSCO "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

CRAWFORD detached from IOSCO, attached to ANTRIM "for municipal and judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1863, reg. sess., no. 78/p. 119)

CRAWFORD detached from ANTRIM, attached to KALKASKA "for municipal and judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 294/p. 8)

CRAWFORD fully organized, detached from KALKASKA. (Mich. Acts 1879, reg. sess., pub., no. 12/p. 8)

DELTA created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) and Non-County Area 6; DELTA not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 89, secs. 6-7/pp. 202-203)

DELTA gained from SCHOOLCRAFT (which was attached to MARQUETTE), lost to creation of Non-County Areas 8 and 9; DELTA fully organized, detached from MACKINAC. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 129, secs. 1, 5/pp. 174-175; Mich. Acts 1863, reg. sess., no. 16/p. 14)

Non-County Area 8 attached to DELTA for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 199/p. 409)

DELTA lost all of attached Non-County Area 8 to SCHOOLCRAFT. (Mich. Acts 1862, ext. sess., no. 23/p. 53)

DELTA boundaries were clarified to include Big Summer Island, St. Martin's Island, Gull Island, and Poverty Island [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 470/p. 219)

DELTA implicitly overlapped DOOR (Wis.) when Michigan took its 1909 boundary dispute with Wisconsin to the U.S. Supreme Court and expanded its scope by claiming more territory on the Upper Peninsula and more of the waters and islands of Green Bay. Wisconsin claimed the old, established line and never lost control of the disputed area. DELTA claimed Washington, Rock, Chambers, Plum, and smaller islands in Green Bay. (Martin, "Michigan-Wisconsin," 116, 118, 132)

DELTA's claimed overlap of Wisconsin ended when the U.S. Supreme Court decided the dispute between Michigan and Wisconsin entirely in favor of Wisconsin. (Martin, "Michigan-Wisconsin," 141-143)

DELTA appeared to lose islands north of the Rock Island Passage to DOOR (Wis.) when the U.S. Supreme Court decreed the precise course of the Michigan-Wisconsin boundary through Lake Michigan and Green Bay and introduced some unintentional errors. (Martin, "Michigan-Wisconsin," 143-145, 158; Paullin, 86, pl. 101)

DELTA regained full control of the area overlapped with DOOR (Wis.); dispute with Wisconsin ended when the U.S. Supreme Court decreed the precise course of the revised Michigan-Wisconsin boundary through Green Bay and Lake Michigan, restoring to DELTA the area it appeared to lose in 1926. (Martin, "Second Wisconsin-Michigan," 86, 118-121)

DES MOINES (Iowa) created by Michigan Territory from non-county area in present Iowa. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1326-1327)

DES MOINES (Iowa) became a Wisconsin Territory county when Wisconsin Territory was created from Michigan Territory; DES MOINES (Iowa) eliminated from Michigan Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 54 [1836], sec. 1/p. 10; Terr. Papers U.S., 27:41-52)

Detroit District was created in Michigan Territory by Territorial Governor William Hull. This county precursor carried out many of the administrative and judicial functions of the territorial government. ("Territorial Records," 118-121; Blume, 1:2-4)

Detroit District gained from Huron District. ("Territorial Records," 241)

Detroit District's status as a county precursor ended when its functions were supplanted by counties, by proclamation of William Woodbridge, Secretary of Michigan Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:801)

DICKINSON created from IRON, MARQUETTE, and MENOMINEE. (Mich. Acts 1891, reg. sess., pub., no. 89, secs. 1, 8/pp. 98, 100)

The boundary between Michigan Territory and the state of Ohio was in dispute as each side put forth claims to an area between Indiana Territory and Lake Erie; Michigan Territory controlled the strip. The area remained in dispute until Michigan was admitted to the Union in 1837. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:5-7; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 5 [1805]/pp. 309-310)

The state of Michigan was created from Michigan Territory; boundary dispute with Ohio over the strip running from Indiana to Lake Erie was settled in favor of Ohio. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 99 [1836], secs. 1-2/p. 49 and ch. 6 [1837]/p. 144; Van Zandt, 127)

DOOR (Wis.) appeared to gain islands north of the Rock Island Passage from DELTA (Overlap Area 3) when the U.S. Supreme Court decreed the precise course of the Michigan-Wisconsin boundary through Lake Michigan and Green Bay and introduced some unintentional errors. (Martin, "Michigan-Wisconsin," 143-145, 156-158; Paullin, 86, pl. 101)

DOOR (Wis.) lost control of the area overlapped with DELTA (Overlap Area 3); dispute with Wisconsin ended when the U.S. Supreme Court decreed the precise course of the revised Michigan-Wisconsin boundary through Green Bay and Lake Michigan, restoring to DELTA the area it appeared to lose in 1926. (Martin, "Second Wisconsin-Michigan," 86, 118-121)

DUBUQUE (Iowa) created by Michigan Territory from non-county area in present Iowa, Minnesota, and North and South Dakota. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1326-1327)

DUBUQUE (Iowa) became a Wisconsin Territory county when Wisconsin Territory was created from Michigan Territory; DUBUQUE (Iowa) eliminated from Michigan Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 54 [1836], sec. 1/p. 10; Terr. Papers U.S., 27:41-52)

EATON created by Michigan Territory from Non-County Area 2 attached to OAKLAND; EATON not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:sec. 3/p. 735)

EATON attached to ST. JOSEPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

EATON detached from ST. JOSEPH, attached to KALAMAZOO "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:836-837)

EATON fully organized, detached from KALAMAZOO. (Mich. Acts 1837, adj. sess., no. 8/p. 9)

EDWARDS (Ill.) created by Illinois Territory from GALLATIN (Ill.) and MADISON (Ill.); included part of the Upper Peninsula of present Michigan. (Ill. Terr. Laws, 128)

EDWARDS (Ill.) exchanged with the state of Indiana; area within present Michigan was unchanged. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289, and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)

EDWARDS (Ill.) lost to creation of CRAWFORD (Ill.); EDWARDS (Ill.) eliminated from present Michigan. (Ill. Terr. Laws, 247-248)

TONEDAGANA (now EMMET) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); TONEDAGANA not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 28, 35/pp. 199-200)

TONEDAGANA renamed EMMET. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 67/p. 145)

EMMET gained from CHEBOYGAN; gained Beaver Island, the surrounding islands, and the Fox Islands from MACKINAC; and gained all of CHARLEVOIX; CHARLEVOIX eliminated. EMMET fully organized, detached from MACKINAC. EMMET assigned jurisdiction over Lake Michigan and Green Bay concurrent with "the other counties contiguous thereto." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 18, secs. 1, 4, 7-8/pp. 15-17)

EMMET lost Beaver Island, the surrounding islands, and the Fox Islands to creation of MANITOU (extinct). (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 92/p. 197)

EMMET lost to re-creation of CHARLEVOIX. (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 390/p. 1091)

EMMET gained from CHARLEVOIX. (Mich. Acts 1895, reg. sess., loc., no. 428/p. 484; Traverse Region, facing p. 169)

Erie District was created in Michigan Territory by Territorial Governor William Hull; included part of present Indiana and the area disputed with Ohio. This county precursor carried out many of the administrative and judicial functions of the territorial government. ("Territorial Records," 118-121; Blume, 1:2-4)

Erie District lost to Indiana when the state of Indiana was created. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289, and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)

Erie District's status as a county precursor ended when its functions were supplanted by counties, by proclamation of William Woodbridge, Secretary of Michigan Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:801)

GENESEE created by Michigan Territory from LAPEER, SAGINAW, and SHIAWASSEE (which was attached to OAKLAND); GENESEE not fully organized, attached to OAKLAND "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1416)

GENESEE fully organized, detached from OAKLAND; SHIAWASSEE detached from OAKLAND, attached to GENESEE "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 66)

SHIAWASSEE fully organized, detached from GENESEE. (Mich. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 56/p. 106)

GENESEE gained from LAPEER. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 85/p. 189)

GLADWIN created by Michigan Territory from Non-County Area 5 attached to KALAMAZOO and Non-County Area 2 attached to OAKLAND; GLADWIN not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:sec. 11/p. 872)

GLADWIN attached to SAGINAW "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 67)

GLADWIN's attachment to SAGINAW was confirmed [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 1, 4, 33-35/pp. 196, 200)

GLADWIN detached from SAGINAW, attached to MIDLAND and indirectly through MIDLAND to SAGINAW "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 98/p. 231)

MIDLAND fully organized, detached from SAGINAW; GLADWIN remained attached to MIDLAND "for judicial and municipal purposes," but was no longer indirectly attached to SAGINAW. (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 36/p. 48)

GLADWIN fully organized, detached from MIDLAND. (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., pub., no. 69/p. 107)

GOGEBIC created from ONTONAGON. (Mich. Acts 1887, reg. sess., loc., no. 337, secs. 1, 14/pp. 23, 25)

GOGEBIC implicitly overlapped Wisconsin (IRON and VILAS Counties) when the new Michigan constitution redefined part of the interstate boundary with Wisconsin across the Upper Peninsula; Wisconsin kept control of the disputed area. (Swindler, 5:249)

GOGEBIC implicitly overlapped Wisconsin (IRON and VILAS Counties) when Michigan took its 1909 boundary dispute with Wisconsin to the U.S. Supreme Court and expanded its scope by claiming more territory on the Upper Peninsula and more of the waters and islands of Green Bay. Wisconsin claimed the old, established line and never lost control of the disputed area. (Martin, "Michigan-Wisconsin," 116, 118, 132)

GOGEBIC's claimed overlap of Wisconsin ended when the U.S. Supreme Court decided the dispute between Michigan and Wisconsin entirely in favor of Wisconsin. (Martin, "Michigan-Wisconsin," 141-143)

GRAND TRAVERSE created from OMEENA (extinct, which was attached to MACKINAC). (Mich. Acts 1851, ann. sess., no. 141/p. 172)

GRAND TRAVERSE gained all of OMEENA; OMEENA eliminated. ANTRIM, KALKASKA, LEELANAU, MISSAUKEE, and WEXFORD all detached from MACKINAC, attached to GRAND TRAVERSE; MANISTEE detached from OTTAWA, attached to GRAND TRAVERSE. All attachments were "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 34/p. 43)

GRAND TRAVERSE lost part of LEELANAU attachment to creation of MANITOU (extinct). (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 92/p. 197)

MANISTEE fully organized, detached from GRAND TRAVERSE; WEXFORD detached from GRAND TRAVERSE, attached to MANISTEE "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 171, secs. 1-3/pp. 423-424)

MISSAUKEE detached from GRAND TRAVERSE, attached to MANISTEE "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

GRAND TRAVERSE lost part of LEELANAU attachment to creation of BENZIE; BENZIE not fully organized, attached to GRAND TRAVERSE "for civil and municipal purposes." LEELANAU fully organized, detached from GRAND TRAVERSE. (Mich. Acts 1863, reg. sess., no. 48, secs. 1, 7/pp. 56, 58)

ANTRIM fully organized, detached from GRAND TRAVERSE; KALKASKA detached from GRAND TRAVERSE, attached to ANTRIM for municipal and judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1863, reg. sess., no. 78/p. 119)

GRAND TRAVERSE lost to ANTRIM. (Mich. Acts 1865, reg. sess., no. 254/p. 528)

BENZIE fully organized, detached from GRAND TRAVERSE. (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 385, sec. 1/p. 1083)

GRATIOT created by Michigan Territory from Non-County Area 5 attached to KALAMAZOO; GRATIOT not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:sec. 6/p. 871)

GRATIOT attached to SAGINAW "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 67)

GRATIOT's attachment to SAGINAW was confirmed [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 1, 4, 33-35/pp. 196, 200)

Part of GRATIOT detached from SAGINAW, attached to CLINTON for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Acts 1845, ann. sess., no. 42, secs. 1, 25/pp. 49, 53)

GRATIOT fully organized, detached from CLINTON and SAGINAW. (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 16/p. 12)

As a Northwest Territory county (created in 1790), HAMILTON (Ohio) gained from non-county area in the Northwest Territory; included the eastern part of present Michigan. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:363-364)

HAMILTON (Ohio) lost to creation of WAYNE (Northwest Territory, extinct); HAMILTON (Ohio) eliminated from present Michigan. (Terr. Papers U.S., 2:567-568, 3:447; Pence and Armstrong, 216)

HILLSDALE created by Michigan Territory from Non-County Area 4 and Non-County Area 1 attached to LENAWEE; included part of the disputed strip west of Lake Erie that was also claimed by Ohio but controlled by Michigan; HILLSDALE not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:sec. 9/p. 736)

HILLSDALE attached to LENAWEE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

HILLSDALE fully organized, detached from LENAWEE. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1362)

HILLSDALE lost to Ohio when the state of Michigan was created from Michigan Territory; boundary dispute with Ohio over the strip running from Indiana to Lake Erie was settled in favor of Ohio. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 99 [1836], secs. 1-2/p. 49 and ch. 6 [1837]/p. 144; Van Zandt, 127)

HOUGHTON created from MARQUETTE and ONTONAGON (both of which were attached to CHIPPEWA); HOUGHTON not fully organized, attached to CHIPPEWA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1845, ann. sess., no. 48/p. 58)

HOUGHTON fully organized, detached from CHIPPEWA; MARQUETTE, ONTONAGON, and SCHOOLCRAFT detached from CHIPPEWA, attached to HOUGHTON "for judicial and other purposes." (Mich. Acts 1846, ann. sess., no. 157, secs. 1, 7/pp. 286-287)

HOUGHTON boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1848, ann. sess., no. 229, secs. 1-4, 10/pp. 345-347)

MARQUETTE fully organized, detached from HOUGHTON; SCHOOLCRAFT detached from HOUGHTON, attached to MARQUETTE "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1851, ann. sess., no. 105/p. 142; Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 4/p. 4)

HOUGHTON lost to ONTONAGON; ONTONAGON fully organized, detached from HOUGHTON. (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 3/p. 3)

HOUGHTON lost to creation of KEWEENAW. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 118/p. 156; Mich. Acts 1862, ext. sess., nos. 2-3/pp. 2-3)

HOUGHTON gained from MARQUETTE and ONTONAGON. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 128/p. 173)

HOUGHTON lost to MARQUETTE. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 261/p. 556)

HOUGHTON lost to creation of BARAGA. (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., pub., no. 14/p. 13)

HOUGHTON exchanged with BARAGA. (Mich. Acts 1885, reg. sess., pub., no. 12/p. 10)

ISLE ROYALE (extinct) no longer fully organized, attached to HOUGHTON "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1885, reg. sess., pub., no. 16/p. 13)

HOUGHTON lost ISLE ROYALE attachment to KEWEENAW; ISLE ROYALE eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1897, reg. sess., pub., no. 65/p. 75)

Huron District created in Michigan Territory by Territorial Governor William Hull. This county precursor carried out many of the administrative and judicial functions of the territorial government. ("Territorial Records," 118-121; Blume, 1:2-4)

Huron District lost to Detroit District. ("Territorial Records," 241)

Huron District's status as a county precursor ended when its functions were supplanted by counties, by proclamation of William Woodbridge, Secretary of Michigan Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:801)

HURON created from SANILAC (which was attached to LAPEER and ST. CLAIR); HURON not fully organized, attached to SAGINAW "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 32, 34/p. 200)

HURON detached from SAGINAW, attached to ST. CLAIR "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1844, ann. sess., no. 78/p. 112)

HURON detached from ST. CLAIR, attached to SANILAC "for judicial and representative purposes." (Mich. Acts 1850, ann. sess., no. 212/p. 215)

Part of HURON was detached from SANILAC, attached to TUSCOLA "for judicial and representative purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 69/p. 113)

HURON fully organized, detached from SANILAC and TUSCOLA. (Mich. Acts 1859, reg. sess., no. 6, sec. 1/p. 4)

HURON lost the Charity Islands to BAY. (Mich. Acts 1879, reg. sess., pub., no. 265/p. 287)

ILLINOIS (Va., extinct) created by Virginia to encompass all territory north and west of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River claimed by Virginia on the basis of its 1609 charter. ILLINOIS County included all of present Michigan. (Hening, 9:552-555, 10:303-304; Robinson, 55)

Virginia ceded to the United States its charter claims to territory "northwestward of the river Ohio;" ILLINOIS County (Va.) eliminated. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 62, 130-131; Hening, 11:571-575)

The United States created Illinois Territory from Indiana Territory; included all of present Illinois (except 2 small areas along the Wabash River), most of present Wisconsin, parts of present Minnesota and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and a small area of present Indiana along the Wabash River. Map depicts non-county area in Illinois Territory located in present Michigan. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 13 [1809], sec. 1/p. 514)

ST. CLAIR (Ill.) gained non-county area along the west side of Lake Michigan (remnant of Indiana Territory now in Illinois Territory); eliminated non-county area in Illinois Territory located in present Michigan. (Terr. Papers U.S., 17:620-621)

The United States created Indiana Territory from the Northwest Territory; included all of present Illinois and Wisconsin, most of present Indiana, and parts of present Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio. Map depicts non-county area in Indiana Territory in present Michigan. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:86-88; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 41 [1800]/pp. 58-59)

Indiana Territory lost all non-county area in present Michigan to KNOX (Ind.) and ST. CLAIR (Ill.). (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 98-100; Pence and Armstrong, 212, 520)

Indiana Territory lost to creation of Michigan Territory. Non-county area in Indiana Territory included parts of present Illinois and Wisconsin on the west side of Lake Michigan, and part of the Upper Peninsula of present Michigan. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:5-7; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 5 [1805]/pp. 309-310)

Indiana Territory lost to creation of Illinois Territory; map depicts non-county area in Indiana Territory located in present Michigan. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 13 [1809], sec. 1/p. 514)

The United States created the state of Indiana from Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan Territories; that part of Indiana Territory in present Michigan became unorganized federal territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289, and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)

INGHAM created by Michigan Territory from SHIAWASSEE (which was attached to OAKLAND), WASHTENAW, and Non-County Area 2 attached to OAKLAND; INGHAM not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:sec. 2/p. 735)

INGHAM attached to WASHTENAW for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

INGHAM was detached from WASHTENAW, attached to JACKSON "for judicial purposes." (History of Jackson County, 277, 287)

INGHAM fully organized, detached from JACKSON. (Mich. Acts 1838, reg. sess., no. 98/p. 221)

IONIA created by Michigan Territory from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) and Non-County Area 5 attached to KALAMAZOO; IONIA not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:sec. 2/p. 871)

IONIA attached to KENT "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 65)

IONIA fully organized, detached from KENT. Part of ISABELLA detached from SAGINAW, attached to IONIA; MONTCALM attached to IONIA. Both attachments were "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 51/p. 97)

ISABELLA detached from IONIA, re-attached to SAGINAW "for judicial purposes;" attachment of MONTCALM to IONIA was confirmed [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 1, 4, 33-35/pp. 196, 200)

MONTCALM fully organized, detached from IONIA. (Mich. Acts 1850, ann. sess., no. 129/p. 114)

KANOTIN (now IOSCO) created from Non-County Area 2 attached to SAGINAW; KANOTIN not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 14, 35/pp. 197, 200)

KANOTIN renamed IOSCO. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 67/p. 145)

IOSCO detached from MACKINAC, attached to CHEBOYGAN "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 20/p. 19)

IOSCO detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to SAGINAW "for judicial and representative purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 35/p. 44)

IOSCO fully organized, detached from SAGINAW. IOSCO assigned jurisdiction over Lake Huron and Saginaw Bay concurrent with "the other counties contiguous thereto." (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 130/p. 358)

IOSCO was authorized to be attached to BAY, but IOSCO had been fully organized on 16 February 1857 [mistake corrected 11 February 1859]. (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 171, secs. 1-2, 15/pp. 438-439, 441; Mich. Rpts., 5:114)

ALCONA and OSCODA detached from ALPENA, attached to IOSCO; CRAWFORD and OGEMAW detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to IOSCO. All attachments were "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

Mistake of 20 April 1857, attaching IOSCO to BAY, was corrected [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1859, reg. sess., no. 97/p. 255)

Attachment of OGEMAW to IOSCO was confirmed [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 87/p. 121)

CRAWFORD detached from IOSCO, attached to ANTRIM "for municipal and judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1863, reg. sess., no. 78/p. 119)

IOSCO gained all of OGEMAW; OGEMAW eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1867, reg. sess., no. 301/p. 222)

ALCONA fully organized, detached from IOSCO; OSCODA detached from IOSCO, attached to ALCONA "for judicial and other purposes." (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 266, secs. 1, 5/pp. 336-337)

IOSCO lost to re-creation of OGEMAW; OGEMAW not fully organized, attached to IOSCO "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1873, reg. sess., no. 338/p. 85)

OGEMAW fully organized, detached from IOSCO. (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., pub., no. 132/p. 159)

IOWA (Wis.) created by Michigan Territory in present Wisconsin from CRAWFORD (Wis.). (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:714-715)

IOWA (Wis.) lost to creation of MILWAUKEE (Wis.). (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1325)

IOWA (Wis.) became a Wisconsin Territory county when Wisconsin Territory was created from Michigan Territory; IOWA (Wis.) eliminated from Michigan Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 54 [1836], sec. 1/p. 10; Terr. Papers U.S., 27:41-52)

IRON created from MARQUETTE, MENOMINEE and all of Non-County Area 10. (Mich. Acts 1885, reg. sess., pub., no. 35, secs. 1, 19/pp. 32, 34)

IRON lost to creation of DICKINSON. (Mich. Acts 1891, reg. sess., pub., no. 89, secs. 1, 8/pp. 98, 100)

IRON gained from MARQUETTE. (Mich. Acts 1891, reg. sess., pub., no. 92/p. 106)

IRON implicitly overlapped Wisconsin (FOREST and VILAS Counties) when Michigan took its 1909 boundary dispute with Wisconsin to the U.S. Supreme Court and expanded its scope by claiming more territory on the Upper Peninsula and more of the waters and islands of Green Bay; Wisconsin claimed the old, established line and never lost control of the disputed area. (Martin, "Michigan-Wisconsin," 116, 118, 132)

IRON's claimed overlap of Wisconsin ended when the U.S. Supreme Court decided the dispute between Michigan and Wisconsin entirely in favor of Wisconsin. (Martin, "Michigan-Wisconsin," 141-143)

ISABELLA created by Michigan Territory from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) and Non-County Area 5 attached to KALAMAZOO; ISABELLA not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:sec. 13/p. 873)

ISABELLA attached to SAGINAW "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 67)

Part of ISABELLA detached from SAGINAW, attached to IONIA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 51/p. 97)

ISABELLA detached from IONIA, re-attached to SAGINAW "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 1, 4, 33-35/pp. 196, 200)

ISABELLA detached from SAGINAW, attached to MIDLAND and indirectly through MIDLAND to SAGINAW "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 98/p. 231)

MIDLAND fully organized, detached from SAGINAW; ISABELLA remained attached to MIDLAND "for judicial and municipal purposes," but was no longer indirectly attached to SAGINAW. (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 36/p. 48)

ISABELLA fully organized, detached from MIDLAND. CLARE detached from MIDLAND, attached to ISABELLA "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1859, reg. sess., no. 118/p. 318)

Part of CLARE was detached from ISABELLA, attached to MECOSTA "for judicial and other purposes." (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 320/p. 621)

CLARE fully organized, detached from ISABELLA. (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 345/p. 59)

ISLE ROYALE (extinct) created from KEWEENAW. ISLE ROYALE assigned jurisdiction over Lake Superior concurrent with "the other counties contiguous thereto." (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., pub., no. 18/p. 18)

ISLE ROYALE (extinct) no longer fully organized, attached to HOUGHTON "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1885, reg. sess., pub., no. 16/p. 13)

ISLE ROYALE lost all territory to KEWEENAW; ISLE ROYALE eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1897, reg. sess., pub., no. 65/p. 75)

JACKSON created by Michigan Territory from WASHTENAW, Non-County Area 1 attached to LENAWEE, and Non-County Area 2 attached to OAKLAND; JACKSON not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:sec. 5/p. 735)

JACKSON attached to WASHTENAW for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

JACKSON fully organized, detached from WASHTENAW. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:929)

INGHAM was detached from WASHTENAW, attached to JACKSON "for judicial purposes." (History of Jackson County, 277, 287)

INGHAM fully organized, detached from JACKSON. (Mich. Acts 1838, reg. sess., no. 98/p. 221)

KALAMAZOO created by Michigan Territory from Non-County Area 1 attached to LENAWEE and Non-County Area 2 attached to OAKLAND; KALAMAZOO not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:sec. 7/p. 736)

KALAMAZOO attached to ST. JOSEPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

KALAMAZOO fully organized, detached from ST. JOSEPH. BARRY, CALHOUN, EATON, and Non-County Area 5 detached from ST. JOSEPH, attached to KALAMAZOO "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:836-837)

KALAMAZOO lost part of attached Non-County Area 5 to creation of ALLEGAN, CLINTON, GLADWIN, GRATIOT, IONIA, ISABELLA, KENT, MIDLAND, and MONTCALM. KALAMAZOO also lost part of BARRY attachment to creation of ALLEGAN. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:secs. 1-4, 6, 10-11, 13/pp. 871-873)

ALLEGAN attached to KALAMAZOO "for all legal purposes;" CALHOUN fully organized, detached from KALAMAZOO. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:997-998, 984-985)

Part of KENT was organized as the township of Kent and may have been attached to KALAMAZOO for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1275; History of Kent, 1:284)

ALLEGAN fully organized, detached from KALAMAZOO. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 4:136-137)

Non-County Area 5 detached from KALAMAZOO, became part of Non-County Area 2 and was attached to SAGINAW "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 67)

EATON fully organized, detached from KALAMAZOO. (Mich. Acts 1837, adj. sess., no. 8/p. 9)

BARRY fully organized, detached from KALAMAZOO. (Mich. Acts 1839, ann. sess., no. 22/p. 17)

WABASSEE (now KALKASKA) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); WABASSEE not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 18, 35/pp. 198, 200)

WABASSEE renamed KALKASKA. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 67/p. 145)

KALKASKA detached from MACKINAC, attached to GRAND TRAVERSE "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 34/p. 43)

KALKASKA detached from GRAND TRAVERSE, attached to ANTRIM "for municipal and judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1863, reg. sess., no. 78/p. 119)

KALKASKA fully organized, detached from ANTRIM; CRAWFORD detached from ANTRIM, attached to KALKASKA "for municipal and judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 294/p. 8)

CRAWFORD fully organized, detached from KALKASKA. (Mich. Acts 1879, reg. sess., pub., no. 12/p. 8)

KALKASKA lost small area to ANTRIM. (Mich. Acts 1881, reg. sess., loc., no. 315/p. 102)

KENT created by Michigan Territory from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) and Non-County Area 5 attached to KALAMAZOO; KENT not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:sec. 3/p. 871)

Part of KENT was organized as the township of Kent and may have been attached to KALAMAZOO for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1275; History of Kent, 1:284)

KENT fully organized; CLINTON, IONIA, and OTTAWA attached to KENT "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 65)

CLINTON detached from KENT, attached to SHIAWASSEE "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 56/p. 106)

IONIA fully organized, detached from KENT; OCEANA attached to KENT "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 51/p. 97)

OTTAWA fully organized, detached from KENT. (Mich. Acts 1837, adj. sess., no. 8/p. 9)

KENT gained from OCEANA. KENT lost part of OCEANA attachment to creation of MECOSTA and NEWAYGO; MECOSTA and NEWAYGO attached to KENT. OCEANA detached from KENT, attached to OTTAWA. All attachments were "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 1-4, 33-35/pp. 196, 200)

Part of NEWAYGO detached from KENT, attached to OTTAWA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1846, ann. sess., no. 33, secs. 21-22/p. 31)

NEWAYGO fully organized, detached from KENT. (Mich. Acts 1851, ext. sess., no. 177/p. 305)

MECOSTA detached from KENT, attached to NEWAYGO "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 180/p. 463)

KEWEENAW created from HOUGHTON. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 118/p. 156; Mich. Acts 1862, ext. sess., nos. 2-3/pp. 2-3)

KEWEENAW lost to creation of ISLE ROYALE (extinct). (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., pub., no. 18/p. 18)

KEWEENAW gained all of ISLE ROYALE; ISLE ROYALE eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1897, reg. sess., pub., no. 65/p. 75)

KNOX (Ind.) created by the Northwest Territory from non-county area; included the western half of the Lower Peninsula of present Michigan, the eastern part of the Upper Peninsula, all of present Indiana, and parts of present Illinois, Ohio, and Wisconsin. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:313)

KNOX (Ind.) lost to creation of WAYNE (Northwest Territory, extinct); KNOX (Ind.) eliminated from present Michigan. (Terr. Papers U.S., 2:567-568, 3:447; Pence and Armstrong, 216)

As an Indiana Territory county, KNOX (Ind.) gained non-county area in present Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio; lost to RANDOLPH (Ill.) and ST. CLAIR (Ill.); and lost to creation of CLARK (Ind.). KNOX (Ind.) included territory in present Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Ohio. (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 98-100; Pence and Armstrong, 212, 520)

KNOX (Ind.) lost to HAMILTON (Ohio), to non-county area in Ohio, and to creation of WAYNE (Indiana Territory, extinct); KNOX (Ind.) eliminated from present Michigan. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 40 [1802], secs. 1-3/pp. 173-174; Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 114-115; Pence and Armstrong, 218; Van Zandt, 112)

AISHCUM (now LAKE) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); AISHCUM not fully organized, attached to OTTAWA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 6, 35/pp. 196, 200)

AISHCUM renamed LAKE. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 67/p. 145)

LAKE detached from OTTAWA, attached to MASON "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 171, secs. 1-3/pp. 423-424)

LAKE detached from MASON, attached to NEWAYGO "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 180/p. 463)

LAKE detached from NEWAYGO, re-attached to MASON "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

Part of LAKE was detached from MASON, attached to MECOSTA "for municipal and judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1867, reg. sess., no. 444/p. 925)

Part of LAKE was detached from both MASON and MECOSTA, attached to OSCEOLA "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 308/p. 605)

LAKE fully organized, detached from MASON and OSCEOLA. (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 357, secs. 1, 7/pp. 71, 73)

LAPEER created by Michigan Territory from OAKLAND, ST. CLAIR, and a small piece of Non-County Area 2 attached to OAKLAND; LAPEER not fully organized, attached to OAKLAND for administrative and judicial purposes. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11: 310-311)

LAPEER fully organized, detached from OAKLAND. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1348)

LAPEER lost to creation of GENESEE. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1416)

Part of SANILAC detached from ST. CLAIR, attached to LAPEER "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 67)

LAPEER lost part of SANILAC attachment to creation of HURON and TUSCOLA; remainder of SANILAC detached from LAPEER, re-attached to ST. CLAIR "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 1, 4, 33-35/pp. 196, 200)

LAPEER lost to GENESEE. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 85/p. 189)

LAPEER lost to TUSCOLA. (Mich. Acts 1845, ann. sess., no. 42, secs. 1, 25/pp. 49, 53)

LAPEER exchanged with TUSCOLA. (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 144/p. 313)

LEELANAU created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); LEELANAU not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 20, 35/pp. 198, 200)

LEELANAU detached from MACKINAC, attached to GRAND TRAVERSE "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 34/p. 43)

LEELANAU lost the Manitou Islands to creation of MANITOU (extinct). (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 92/p. 197)

LEELANAU lost to creation of BENZIE; LEELANAU fully organized, detached from GRAND TRAVERSE. (Mich. Acts 1863, reg. sess., no. 48, secs. 1, 7/pp. 56, 58)

MANITOU (extinct) detached from district court jurisdiction of MACKINAC, attached to LEELANAU for meetings of the circuit court only. (Mich. Acts 1865, reg. sess., no. 138/p. 246)

MANITOU (extinct) detached from circuit court jurisdiction of LEELANAU. (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 336/p. 661)

LEELANAU gained part of MANITOU (Manitou Islands and Fox Islands); MANITOU eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1895, reg. sess., loc., no. 362, secs. 1-2/p. 132)

LENAWEE created by Michigan Territory from MONROE; included part of the disputed strip west of Lake Erie that also was claimed by Ohio but controlled by Michigan. LENAWEE not fully organized, attached to MONROE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11: 311, 313)

LENAWEE fully organized, detached from MONROE; Non-County Area 1 detached from MONROE, attached to LENAWEE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:292)

Non-County Area 1 attached to LENAWEE gained from Non-County Area 3. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:709-710)

LENAWEE lost part of attached Non-County Area 1 to creation of BARRY, BERRIEN, BRANCH, CALHOUN, CASS, HILLSDALE, JACKSON, KALAMAZOO, ST. JOSEPH, and VAN BUREN. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:secs. 4-13/pp. 735-737)

Non-County Area 1 detached from LENAWEE, part attached to CASS. Remainder bacame part of Non-County Area 5 and was attached to ST. JOSEPH; HILLSDALE attached to LENAWEE. All attachments were for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

HILLSDALE fully organized, detached from LENAWEE. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1362)

LENAWEE lost to Ohio when the state of Michigan was created from Michigan Territory; boundary dispute with Ohio over the strip running from Indiana to Lake Erie was settled in favor of Ohio. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 99 [1836], secs. 1-2/p. 49 and ch. 6 [1837]/p. 144; Van Zandt, 127)

LIVINGSTON created by Michigan Territory from SHIAWASSEE (which was attached to OAKLAND) and WASHTENAW; LIVINGSTON not fully organized, part attached to SHIAWASSEE and indirectly through SHIAWASSEE to OAKLAND, and part attached to WASHTENAW. LIVINGSTON attachments were "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:993)

LIVINGSTON fully organized, detached from WASHTENAW, and detached from SHIAWASSEE and indirectly through SHIAWASSEE from OAKLAND. (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 65)

LUCE created from CHIPPEWA and MACKINAC. (Mich. Acts 1887, reg. sess., loc., no. 363, secs. 1, 13/pp. 84, 86)

MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) created by Michigan Territory from WAYNE, Non-County Area 1, unorganized federal territory, and former parts of BOND (Ill.), CRAWFORD (Ill.), and MADISON (Ill.); included parts of present Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:802)

MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) lost to creation of Non-County Area 2, which was attached to OAKLAND for administrative and judicial purposes. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:132)

MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) lost territory acquired from the Indians by the 1821 Treaty at Chicago; this area became part of Non-County Area 1 and was attached to MONROE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:308-313)

MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) lost to creation of CHIPPEWA. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:295-296)

MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) lost to creation of IONIA, ISABELLA, KENT, MONTCALM, OCEANA, and OTTAWA. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:secs. 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 13/pp. 871-873)

MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) lost to Wisconsin Territory when Wisconsin Territory was created from Michigan Territory; MICHILIMACKINAC eliminated from present Minnesota and Wisconsin. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 54 [1836], sec. 1/p. 10; Terr. Papers U.S., 27:41-52)

MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) lost to OCEANA and lost to creation of AISHCUM (now LAKE), ANAMICKEE (now ALPENA), CHEBOYGAN, CHEONOQUET (now MONTMORENCY), KAUTAWAUBET (now WEXFORD), KAYKAKEE (now CLARE), KESKKAUKO (now CHARLEVOIX), LEELANAU, MANISTEE, MECOSTA, MEEGISEE (now ANTRIM), MIKENAUK (now ROSCOMMON), MISSAUKEE, NEWAYGO, NOTIPEKAGO (now MASON), OKKUDDO (now OTSEGO), OMEENA (extinct), OSCODA, PRESQUE ISLE, SHAWONO (now CRAWFORD), TONEDAGANA (now EMMET), UNWATTIN (now OSCEOLA), WABASSEE (now KALKASKA), and WYANDOT (extinct). ANAMICKEE, CHEBOYGAN, CHEONOQUET, KANOTIN (now IOSCO), KAUTAWAUBET, KESKKAUKO, LEELANAU, MANISTEE, MEEGISEE, MIKENAUK, MISSAUKEE, NEGWEGON (now ALCONA), OGEMAW, OKKUDDO, OMEENA, OSCODA, PRESQUE ISLE, SHAWONO, TONEDAGANA, WABASSEE, and WYANDOT not fully organized, all attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119/pp. 196-200)

MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) exchanged with CHIPPEWA, lost to creation of DELTA, MARQUETTE, ONTONAGON, and SCHOOLCRAFT; DELTA not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 89, secs. 1-7/pp. 201-203)

MANISTEE detached from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC), attached to OTTAWA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1846, ann. sess., no. 33, secs. 21-22/p. 31)

Circa 1850, MICHILIMACKINAC was renamed MACKINAC; this change was never officially adopted by the legislature and both names were used interchangeably through the 1840s. (Mich. Acts 1847, ann. sess., no. 56/pp. 68-69; Mich. Acts 1848, ann. sess., no. 108/pp. 119-124)

MACKINAC lost part of OMEENA (extinct) attachment to creation of GRAND TRAVERSE. (Mich. Acts 1851, ann. sess., no. 141/p. 172)

MACKINAC lost Beaver Island, the surrounding islands, and the Fox Islands to EMMET; EMMET fully organized, detached from MACKINAC. MACKINAC lost CHARLEVOIX attachment to EMMET. CHEBOYGAN fully organized, detached from MACKINAC. MACKINAC lost WYANDOT (extinct) attachment to CHEBOYGAN. ALCONA, ALPENA, CRAWFORD, IOSCO, MONTMORENCY, OGEMAW, OSCODA, OTSEGO, PRESQUE ISLE, and ROSCOMMON detached from MACKINAC, all attached to CHEBOYGAN "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 18, secs. 1, 4, 7-8/pp. 15-17 and reg. sess., no. 20/p. 19)

MACKINAC lost OMEENA attachment to GRAND TRAVERSE; OMEENA eliminated. ANTRIM, KALKASKA, LEELANAU, MISSAUKEE, and WEXFORD all detached from MACKINAC, attached to GRAND TRAVERSE "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 34/p. 43)

DELTA fully organized, detached from MACKINAC. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 129, secs. 1, 5/pp. 174-175; Mich. Acts 1863, reg. sess., no. 16/p. 14)

MANITOU (extinct) attached to MACKINAC for meetings of the district court only. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 262/p. 556)

MANITOU (extinct) detached from district court jurisdiction of MACKINAC, attached to LEELANAU for meetings of the circuit court only. (Mich. Acts 1865, reg. sess., no. 138/p. 246)

Boundary between MACKINAC and CHIPPEWA was redefined [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., pub., no. 185/p. 213)

MACKINAC lost to creation of LUCE. (Mich. Acts 1887, reg. sess., loc., no. 363, secs. 1, 13/pp. 84, 86)

MACOMB created by Michigan Territory from WAYNE. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:772)

MACOMB lost to creation of OAKLAND. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:842, 11:40)

MACOMB lost to creation of ST. CLAIR. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:39-40, 133)

MACOMB gained from ST. CLAIR. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:308-313)

MACOMB gained from ST. CLAIR. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:926)

MADISON (Ill.) created by Illinois Territory from RANDOLPH (Ill.) and ST. CLAIR (Ill.); included the western part of the Upper Peninsula of present Michigan. (Terr. Papers U.S., 17:643)

MADISON (Ill.) lost to creation of EDWARDS (Ill.). (Ill. Terr. Laws, 128)

MADISON (Ill.) lost to creation of BOND (Ill.). (Ill. Terr. Laws, 254)

MADISON (Ill.) eliminated from present Michigan when the state of Illinois was created from Illinois Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:803; U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 67 [1818], sec. 7/p. 431, and res. 1 [1818]/p. 536)

MANISTEE created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); MANISTEE not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 9, 35/pp. 197, 200)

MANISTEE detached from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC), attached to OTTAWA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1846, ann. sess., no. 33, secs. 21-22/p. 31)

MANISTEE detached from OTTAWA, attached to GRAND TRAVERSE "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 34/p. 43)

MANISTEE fully organized, detached from GRAND TRAVERSE; WEXFORD detached from GRAND TRAVERSE, attached to MANISTEE "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 171, secs. 1-3/pp. 423-424)

MISSAUKEE detached from GRAND TRAVERSE, attached to MANISTEE "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

WEXFORD fully organized, detached from MANISTEE; MISSAUKEE detached from MANISTEE, attached to WEXFORD "for municipal and judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 386, secs. 1-2/p. 1085)

MANISTEE lost to WEXFORD. (Mich. Acts 1873, reg. sess., no. 332/p. 80)

MANISTEE gained from WEXFORD. (Mich. Acts 1881, reg. sess., loc., no. 337/p. 120)

MANITOU (extinct) created from EMMET and LEELANAU (which was attached to GRAND TRAVERSE). MANITOU included Beaver Island, the surrounding islands, the Fox Islands, and the Manitou Islands. MANITOU assigned jurisdiction over Lake Michigan concurrent with "the other counties contiguous thereto." (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 92/p. 197)

MANITOU (extinct) attached to MACKINAC for meetings of the district court; all other county functions continued uninterrupted. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 262/p. 556)

MANITOU (extinct) detached from district court jurisdiction of MACKINAC, attached to LEELANAU for meetings of the circuit court; all other county functions continued uninterrupted. (Mich. Acts 1865, reg. sess., no. 138/p. 246)

MANITOU (extinct) detached from circuit court jurisdiction of LEELANAU. (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 336/p. 661)

MANITOU lost all territory to CHARLEVOIX and LEELANAU; MANITOU eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1895, reg. sess., loc., no. 362, secs. 1-2/p. 132)

MARQUETTE created from CHIPPEWA, MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC), and Non-County Area 6; MARQUETTE not fully organized, attached to CHIPPEWA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 89, secs. 4, 7/pp. 202-203)

MARQUETTE lost to creation of HOUGHTON. (Mich. Acts 1845, ann. sess., no. 48/p. 58)

MARQUETTE detached from CHIPPEWA, attached to HOUGHTON "for judicial and other purposes." (Mich. Acts 1846, ann. sess., no. 157, secs. 1, 7/pp. 286-287)

MARQUETTE boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1848, ann. sess., no. 229, secs. 1-4, 10/pp. 345-347)

MARQUETTE fully organized, detached from HOUGHTON; SCHOOLCRAFT detached from HOUGHTON, attached to MARQUETTE "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1851, ann. sess., no. 105/p. 142; Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 4/p. 4)

MARQUETTE lost to HOUGHTON. The area of the SCHOOLCRAFT attachment to MARQUETTE was reduced when SCHOOLCRAFT lost to DELTA. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 128/p. 173)

BLEEKER (now MENOMINEE) attached to MARQUETTE "for judicial and other purposes." (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 213, secs. 1, 6, 11/pp. 448, 450-451; History of the Upper Peninsula, 477)

MARQUETTE gained from HOUGHTON. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 261/p. 556)

Area attached to MARQUETTE increased when SCHOOLCRAFT gained all of Non-County Area 8. (Mich. Acts 1862, ext. sess., no. 23/p. 53)

MENOMINEE fully organized, detached from MARQUETTE. (Mich. Acts 1863, reg. sess., no. 163, secs. 1, 9/pp. 297, 299)

SCHOOLCRAFT fully organized, detached from MARQUETTE. (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 373/p. 99)

MARQUETTE gained from Non-County Area 9. (Mich. Acts 1873, reg. sess., no. 338/p. 85)

MARQUETTE gained from SCHOOLCRAFT. (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., loc., no. 292/p. 233)

MARQUETTE lost to MENOMINEE. (Mich. Acts 1877, reg. sess., pub., no. 75/p. 59)

MARQUETTE lost to creation of IRON. (Mich. Acts 1885, reg. sess., pub., no. 35, secs. 1, 19/pp. 32, 34)

MARQUETTE lost to creation of DICKINSON. (Mich. Acts 1891, reg. sess., pub., no. 89, secs. 1, 8/pp. 98, 100)

MARQUETTE lost to IRON. (Mich. Acts 1891, reg. sess., pub., no. 92/p. 106)

NOTIPEKAGO (now MASON) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); NOTIPEKAGO not fully organized, attached to OTTAWA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 5, 35/pp. 196, 200)

NOTIPEKAGO renamed MASON. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 67/p. 145)

MASON fully organized, detached from OTTAWA; LAKE and OSCEOLA detached from OTTAWA, attached to MASON "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 171, secs. 1-3/pp. 423-424)

LAKE and OSCEOLA detached from MASON, attached to NEWAYGO "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 180/p. 463)

LAKE detached from NEWAYGO, re-attached to MASON "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

Part of LAKE was detached from MASON, attached to MECOSTA "for municipal and judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1867, reg. sess., no. 444/p. 925)

Part of LAKE was detached from MASON, attached to OSCEOLA "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 308/p. 605)

LAKE fully organized, detached from MASON. (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 357, secs. 1, 7/pp. 71, 73)

MECOSTA created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) and OCEANA (which was attached to KENT); MECOSTA not fully organized, attached to KENT "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 3, 35/pp. 196, 200)

MECOSTA detached from KENT, attached to NEWAYGO "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 180/p. 463)

MECOSTA lost to MONTCALM; MECOSTA fully organized, detached from NEWAYGO. OSCEOLA detached from NEWAYGO, attached to MECOSTA "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1859, reg. sess., no. 99, secs. 1, 6/pp. 257-259; and reg. sess., no. 103/p. 261)

Part of LAKE was detached from MASON, attached to MECOSTA "for municipal and judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1867, reg. sess., no. 444/p. 925)

OSCEOLA fully organized, detached from MECOSTA. (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 301/p. 487)

Part of LAKE was detached from MECOSTA, attached to OSCEOLA; part of CLARE was detached from ISABELLA, attached to MECOSTA. All attachments were "for judicial and other purposes." (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 308/p. 605; and reg. sess., no. 320/p. 621)

CLARE fully organized, detached from MECOSTA. (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 345/p. 59)

BLEEKER (now MENOMINEE) created from Non-County Area 9; BLEEKER not fully organized, attached to MARQUETTE "for judicial and other purposes." (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 213, secs. 1, 6, 11/pp. 448, 450-451; History of the Upper Peninsula, 477)

BLEEKER renamed MENOMINEE; MENOMINEE fully organized, detached from MARQUETTE. (Mich. Acts 1863, reg. sess., no. 163, secs. 1, 9/pp. 297, 299)

MENOMINEE boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1873, reg. sess., no. 338/p. 85)

MENOMINEE gained all of Non-County Area 9; Non-County Area 9 eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., loc., no. 258/p. 21)

MENOMINEE gained non-county area over the waters of Green Bay [not mapped]. MENOMINEE also gained from MARQUETTE, lost to creation of Non-County Area 10. (Mich. Acts 1877, reg. sess., pub., no. 75/p. 59)

MENOMINEE lost to creation of IRON. (Mich. Acts 1885, reg. sess., pub., no. 35, secs. 1, 19/pp. 32, 34)

MENOMINEE lost to creation of DICKINSON. (Mich. Acts 1891, reg. sess., pub., no. 89, secs. 1, 8/pp. 98, 100)

The United States created Michigan Territory from Indiana Territory; included all of the Lower Peninsula of present Michigan, the eastern end of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and the northern part of present Indiana. Michigan Territory claimed and controlled a strip that ran from Indiana Territory east to Lake Erie that also was claimed by Ohio. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:5-7; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 5 [1805]/pp. 309-310)

Territorial Governor William Hull created four civil districts in Michigan Territory: District of Detroit, District of Erie, District of Huron, and District of Michilimackinac. These county precursors carried out many of the administrative and judicial functions of the territorial government; eliminated all non-county area in Michigan Territory. ("Territorial Records," 118-121; Blume, 1:2-4)

Michigan Territory gained unorganized federal territory west of the Mississippi River, north of the state of Missouri, and east of the Missouri and White Earth Rivers, including present Iowa and parts of present Minnesota and North and South Dakota. Map depicts non-county area in Michigan Territory west of the Mississippi River. (U.S. Stat., vol. 4, ch. 98 [1834]/p. 701; Terr. Papers U.S., 12:778-779)

Non-county area in Michigan Territory west of the Mississippi River lost to creation of DES MOINES (Iowa) and DUBUQUE (Iowa). (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1326-1327)

Michilimackinac District created in Michigan Territory by Territorial Governor William Hull. This county precursor carried out many of the administrative and judicial functions of the territorial government. ("Territorial Records," 118-121; Blume, 1:2-4)

All of Michilimackinac District became part of WAYNE. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:722)

MIDLAND created by Michigan Territory from SAGINAW (which was attached to OAKLAND), Non-County Area 5 attached to KALAMAZOO, and Non-County Area 2 attached to OAKLAND; MIDLAND not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:sec. 10/p. 872)

MIDLAND attached to SAGINAW "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 67)

MIDLAND's attachment to SAGINAW was confirmed [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 1, 4, 33-35/pp. 196, 200)

MIDLAND was authorized to become fully organized, but elections were never held; MIDLAND remained attached to SAGINAW "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1850, ann. sess., no. 183/p. 182; Yates, 19; County of Midland, [81])

GLADWIN and ISABELLA detached from SAGINAW, attached to MIDLAND and indirectly through MIDLAND to SAGINAW "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 98/p. 231)

MIDLAND fully organized, detached from SAGINAW; GLADWIN and ISABELLA remained attached to MIDLAND "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 36/p. 48)

MIDLAND lost to creation of BAY. (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 171, secs. 1-2, 15/pp. 438-439, 441; Mich. Rpts., 5:114)

CLARE detached from SAGINAW, attached to MIDLAND; ROSCOMMON detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to MIDLAND. Both attachments were "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

ISABELLA fully organized, detached from MIDLAND; CLARE detached from MIDLAND, attached to ISABELLA "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1859, reg. sess., no. 118/p. 318)

MIDLAND boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1873, reg. sess., no. 338/p. 85)

ROSCOMMON fully organized, detached from MIDLAND. (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., pub., no. 41/p. 34)

GLADWIN fully organized, detached from MIDLAND. (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., pub., no. 69/p. 107)

MILWAUKEE (Wis.) created by Michigan Territory in present Wisconsin from BROWN (Wis.) and IOWA (Wis.); MILWAUKEE (Wis.) not fully organized, attached to BROWN (Wis.) "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1325)

MILWAUKEE (Wis.) fully organized, detached from BROWN (Wis.). (Mich. Terr. Laws, 4:136-137)

MILWAUKEE (Wis.) became a Wisconsin Territory county when Wisconsin Territory was created from Michigan Territory; MILWAUKEE (Wis.) eliminated from Michigan Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 54 [1836], sec. 1/p. 10; Terr. Papers U.S., 27:41-52)

MISSAUKEE created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); MISSAUKEE not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 11, 35/pp. 197, 200)

MISSAUKEE detached from MACKINAC, attached to GRAND TRAVERSE "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 34/p. 43)

MISSAUKEE detached from GRAND TRAVERSE, attached to MANISTEE "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

MISSAUKEE detached from MANISTEE, attached to WEXFORD "for municipal and judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 386, secs. 1-2/p. 1085)

MISSAUKEE fully organized, detached from WEXFORD. (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 336, sec. 1/p. 44)

MONROE created by Michigan Territory from WAYNE; included part of the disputed strip west of Lake Erie that also was claimed by Ohio but controlled by Michigan. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:729)

MONROE lost to WAYNE and to the creation of LENAWEE and WASHTENAW. LENAWEE not fully organized, attached to MONROE; Non-County Area 1 attached to MONROE. All attachments were for administrative and judicial purposes. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:308-313)

LENAWEE fully organized, detached from MONROE; Non-County Area 1 detached from MONROE, attached to LENAWEE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:292)

MONROE lost to Ohio when the state of Michigan was created from Michigan Territory. Boundary dispute with Ohio over the strip running from Indiana to Lake Erie was settled in favor of Ohio. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 99 [1836], secs. 1-2/p. 49 and ch. 6 [1837]/p. 144; Van Zandt, 127)

MONTCALM created by Michigan Territory from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) and Non-County Area 5 attached to KALAMAZOO; MONTCALM not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:sec. 7/p. 872

MONTCALM attached to IONIA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 51/p. 97)

MONTCALM's attachment to IONIA was confirmed [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 1, 4, 33-35/pp. 196, 200)

MONTCALM fully organized, detached from IONIA. (Mich. Acts 1850, ann. sess., no. 129/p. 114)

MONTCALM gained from MECOSTA. (Mich. Acts 1859, reg. sess., no. 103/p. 261)

CHEONOQUET (now MONTMORENCY) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) and Non-County Area 2 attached to SAGINAW; CHEONOQUET not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 23, 35/pp. 199-200)

CHEONOQUET renamed MONTMORENCY. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 67/p. 145)

MONTMORENCY detached from MACKINAC, attached to CHEBOYGAN "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 20/p. 19)

MONTMORENCY detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to ALPENA "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 65/p. 162)

MONTMORENCY fully organized, detached from ALPENA. (Mich. Acts 1881, reg. sess., pub., no. 163, sec. 1/p. 160)

MUSKEGON created from OTTAWA and Non-County Area 7 attached to OTTAWA. (Mich. Acts 1859, reg. sess., no. 55/p. 94)

NEWAYGO created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) and OCEANA (which was attached to KENT); NEWAYGO not fully organized, attached to KENT "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 2, 35/pp. 196, 200)

Part of NEWAYGO was detached from KENT, attached to OTTAWA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1846, ann. sess., no. 33, secs. 21-22/p. 31)

NEWAYGO fully organized, detached from KENT and OTTAWA. (Mich. Acts 1851, ext. sess., no. 177/p. 305)

LAKE and OSCEOLA detached from MASON, attached to NEWAYGO. MECOSTA detached from KENT, attached to NEWAYGO. All attachments were "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 180/p. 463)

LAKE detached from NEWAYGO, re-attached to MASON "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

MECOSTA fully organized, detached from NEWAYGO; OSCEOLA detached from NEWAYGO, attached to MECOSTA "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1859, reg. sess., no. 99, secs. 1, 6/pp. 257-259)

Non-County Area 1 created in the Lower Peninsula when Detroit District, Erie District, and Huron District were eliminated and their functions were taken over by counties. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:801)

Non-County Area 1 lost to creation of MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC). (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:802)

Non-County Area 1 lost to creation of Non-County Area 2. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:132)

Non-County Area 1 gained the land acquired from the Indians by the 1821 Treaty at Chicago from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC), lost to creation of Non-County Areas 3 and 4; Non-County Area 1 attached to MONROE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:308-313)

Non-County Area 1 detached from MONROE, attached to LENAWEE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:292)

Non-County Area 1 attached to LENAWEE gained from Non-County Area 3. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:709-710)

Non-County Area 1 attached to LENAWEE lost to creation of BARRY, BERRIEN, BRANCH, CALHOUN, CASS, HILLSDALE, JACKSON, KALAMAZOO, ST. JOSEPH, and VAN BUREN. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:secs. 4-13/pp. 735-737)

Part of Non-County Area 1 detached from LENAWEE, attached to CASS for administrative and judicial purposes. Remainder of Non-County Area 1 became part of Non-County Area 5 attached to ST. JOSEPH. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

Non-County Area 1 attached to CASS lost all territory to creation of ALLEGAN and OTTAWA; Non-County Area 1 eliminated. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:secs. 4-5/p. 871)

Non-County Area 2 created from part of MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) and part of Non-County Area 1; Non-County Area 2 was attached to OAKLAND for administrative and judicial purposes. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:132)

Non-County Area 2 attached to OAKLAND lost to creation of LAPEER, SAGINAW, SANILAC, and SHIAWASSEE. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11: 310-311)

Non-County Area 2 attached to OAKLAND lost to creation of BARRY, CALHOUN, EATON, INGHAM, JACKSON, and KALAMAZOO. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:secs. 2-7/pp. 735-736)

Non-County Area 2 attached to OAKLAND lost to creation of Non-County Area 5, which was attached to ST. JOSEPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

Non-County Area 2 attached to OAKLAND lost to creation of ARENAC, GLADWIN, and MIDLAND. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:secs. 10-12/p. 872)

Non-County Area 2 was detached from OAKLAND and gained all of Non-County Area 5; Non-County Area 2 attached to SAGINAW "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 67)

Non-County Area 2 attached to SAGINAW lost all territory to creation of ANAMICKEE (now ALPENA), CHEONOQUET (now MONTMORENCY), KANOTIN (now IOSCO), KAYKAKEE (now CLARE), MIKENAUK (now ROSCOMMON), NEGWEGON (now ALCONA), OGEMAW, OSCODA, and SHAWONO (now CRAWFORD); Non-County Area 2 eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 8, 12-17, 23-24, 34-35/pp. 197-200)

Non-County Area 3 created from Non-County Area 1. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:308-313)

Non-County Area 3 lost to Non-County Area 1 attached to LENAWEE. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:709-710)

Non-County Area 3 lost all territory to creation of BERRIEN; Non-County Area 3 eliminated. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:sec. 13/p. 737)

Non-County Area 4 created from Non-County Area 1. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:308-313)

Non-County Area 4 lost all territory to creation of HILLSDALE; Non-County Area 4 eliminated. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:sec. 9/p. 736)

Part of Non-County Area 1 was detached from LENAWEE and part of Non-County Area 2 was detached from OAKLAND; this became Non-County Area 5 attached to ST. JOSEPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

Non-County Area 5 detached from ST. JOSEPH, attached to KALAMAZOO "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:836-837)

Non-County Area 5 attached to KALAMAZOO lost to creation of ALLEGAN, CLINTON, GLADWIN, GRATIOT, IONIA, ISABELLA, KENT, MIDLAND, and MONTCALM. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:secs. 1-3, 6-7, 10-11/pp. 871-873)

Non-County Area 5 lost all territory to Non-County Area 2; Non-County Area 5 eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 67)

Non-County Area 6 [remnant of BROWN (Wis.) and CRAWFORD (Wis.)] was created in the Upper Peninsula of present Michigan when Wisconsin Territory was created from Michigan Territory, and BROWN (Wis.) and CRAWFORD (Wis.) were eliminated from Michigan Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 54 [1836], sec. 1/p. 10; Terr. Papers U.S., 27:41-52)

Non-County Area 6 lost all territory to creation of DELTA, MARQUETTE, and ONTONAGON; Non-County Area 6 eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 89, secs. 4, 6-7/pp. 202-203)

Part of OCEANA reverted to Non-County Area 7 attached to OTTAWA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 171, secs. 1-3/pp. 423-424)

Non-County Area 7 attached to OTTAWA lost all territory to creation of MUSKEGON; Non-County Area 7 eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1859, reg. sess., no. 55/p. 94)

Non-County Area 8 created from DELTA. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 129, secs. 1, 5/pp. 174-175; Mich. Acts 1863, reg. sess., no. 16/p. 14)

Non-County Area 8 attached to DELTA for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 199/p. 409)

Non-County Area 8 attached to DELTA lost all territory to SCHOOLCRAFT; Non-County Area 8 eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1862, ext. sess., no. 23/p. 53)

Non-County Area 9 created from DELTA. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 129, secs. 1, 5/pp. 174-175; Mich. Acts 1863, reg. sess., no. 16/p. 14)

Non-County Area 9 lost to creation of BLEEKER (now MENOMINEE). (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 213, secs. 1, 6, 11/pp. 448, 450-451; History of the Upper Peninsula, 477)

Non-County Area 9 lost to MARQUETTE. (Mich. Acts 1873, reg. sess., no. 338/p. 85)

Non-County Area 9 lost all territory to MENOMINEE; Non-County Area 9 eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., loc., no. 258/p. 21)

Non-County Area 10 created from MENOMINEE. (Mich. Acts 1877, reg. sess., pub., no. 75/p. 59)

Non-County Area 10 lost all territory to creation of IRON; Non-County Area 10 eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1885, reg. sess., pub., no. 35, secs. 1, 19/pp. 32, 34)

The United States created the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio (Northwest Territory), including all of present Michigan, to govern all territory west of Pennsylvania, north of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River to which states had ceded their colonial charter claims. Map depicts area of the Northwest Territory in present Michigan only. (Terr. Papers U.S., 2:39-50)

Non-county area in the Northwest Territory lost to creation of KNOX (Ind.); map depicts non-county area in the Northwest Territory in present Michigan. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:313)

The Northwest Territory lost non-county area in present Michigan to HAMILTON (Ohio); map depicts non-county area in the Northwest Territory in present Michigan. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:363-364)

The Northwest Territory gained from KNOX (Ind.) in present Michigan, lost non-county area in present Wisconsin and Illinois to creation of WAYNE (Northwest Territory, extinct). Map depicts non-county area in the Northwest Territory in present Michigan. (Terr. Papers U.S., 2:567-568, 3:447; Pence and Armstrong, 216)

The United States created Indiana Territory from the Northwest Territory; non-county area in the Northwest Territory in present Michigan was eliminated. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:86-88; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 41 [1800]/pp. 58-59)

OAKLAND created by Michigan Territory from MACOMB. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:842, 11:40)

Non-County Area 2 was attached to OAKLAND for administrative and judicial purposes. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:132)

OAKLAND lost to creation of LAPEER, SHIAWASSEE, and WASHTENAW. OAKLAND lost part of attached Non-County Area 2 to creation of LAPEER, SAGINAW, SANILAC, and SHIAWASSEE; LAPEER, SAGINAW, SANILAC, and SHIAWASSEE not fully organized, all attached to OAKLAND for administrative and judicial purposes. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11: 310-311)

SANILAC detached from OAKLAND, attached to ST. CLAIR "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:588)

OAKLAND lost part of attached Non-County Area 2 to creation of BARRY, CALHOUN, EATON, INGHAM, JACKSON, and KALAMAZOO; OAKLAND lost part of SHIAWASSEE attachment to creation of INGHAM. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:secs. 2-6/pp. 735-736)

Part of Non-County Area 2 detached from OAKLAND; became part of Non-County Area 5 attached to ST. JOSEPH for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

OAKLAND lost part of attached Non-County Area 2 to creation of ARENAC, GLADWIN, and MIDLAND; OAKLAND lost part of SAGINAW attachment to creation of MIDLAND. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:secs. 6, 10, 12/pp. 871-872)

OAKLAND lost part of SHIAWASSEE attachment to creation of LIVINGSTON; LIVINGSTON not fully organized, part attached to SHIAWASSEE and indirectly through SHIAWASSEE to OAKLAND "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:993)

LAPEER fully organized, detached from OAKLAND. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1348)

SAGINAW fully organized, detached from OAKLAND. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1359)

OAKLAND lost part of SHIAWASSEE attachment to creation of GENESEE; GENESEE not fully organized, attached to OAKLAND "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1416)

Non-County Area 2 detached from OAKLAND, attached to SAGINAW "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 67)

GENESEE fully organized, detached from OAKLAND; SHIAWASSEE detached from OAKLAND, attached to GENESEE "for judicial purposes." LIVINGSTON fully organized, detached from SHIAWASSEE and indirectly through SHIAWASSEE from OAKLAND. (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., pp. 65-66)

OCEANA created by Michigan Territory from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); OCEANA not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:sec. 8/p. 872)

OCEANA attached to KENT "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 51/p. 97)

OCEANA gained from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC), lost to KENT, and lost to creation of MECOSTA and NEWAYGO; OCEANA detached from KENT, attached to OTTAWA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 1-4, 33-35/pp. 196, 200)

OCEANA was authorized to become fully organized, but change did not take effect. (Mich. Acts 1851, ann. sess., no. 114/p. 150; History of Oceana, 84)

Part of OCEANA reverted to Non-County Area 7; Non-County Area 7 was attached to OTTAWA. OCEANA fully organized, detached from OTTAWA. (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 171, secs. 1-3/pp. 423-424)

OGEMAW created from Non-County Area 2 attached to SAGINAW; OGEMAW not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 13, 35/pp. 197, 200)

OGEMAW detached from MACKINAC, attached to CHEBOYGAN "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 20/p. 19)

OGEMAW detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to IOSCO "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

Attachment of OGEMAW to IOSCO was confirmed [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 87/p. 121)

OGEMAW lost all territory to IOSCO; OGEMAW eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1867, reg. sess., no. 301/p. 222)

OGEMAW re-created from IOSCO; OGEMAW not fully organized, attached to IOSCO "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1873, reg. sess., no. 338/p. 85)

OGEMAW fully organized, detached from IOSCO. (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., pub., no. 132/p. 159)

OMEENA (extinct) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); OMEENA not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 19, 35/pp. 198, 200)

OMEENA (extinct) lost to creation of GRAND TRAVERSE. (Mich. Acts 1851, ann. sess., no. 141/p. 172)

OMEENA lost all territory to GRAND TRAVERSE; OMEENA eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 34/p. 43)

ONTONAGON created from CHIPPEWA, MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC), and Non-County Area 6; ONTONAGON not fully organized, attached to CHIPPEWA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 89, secs. 5, 7/pp. 202-203)

ONTONAGON lost Isle Royale to creation of HOUGHTON. (Mich. Acts 1845, ann. sess., no. 48/p. 58)

ONTONAGON detached from CHIPPEWA, attached to HOUGHTON "for judicial and other purposes." (Mich. Acts 1846, ann. sess., no. 157, secs. 1, 7/pp. 286-287)

ONTONAGON boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1848, ann. sess., no. 229, secs. 1-4, 10/pp. 345-347)

ONTONAGON gained from HOUGHTON; ONTONAGON fully organized, detached from HOUGHTON. (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 3/p. 3)

ONTONAGON lost to HOUGHTON. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 128/p. 173)

ONTONAGON lost to creation of GOGEBIC. (Mich. Acts 1887, reg. sess., loc., no. 337, secs. 1, 14/pp. 23, 25)

UNWATTIN (now OSCEOLA) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); UNWATTIN not fully organized, attached to OTTAWA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 7, 35/pp. 197, 200)

UNWATTIN renamed OSCEOLA. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 67/p. 145)

OSCEOLA detached from OTTAWA, attached to MASON "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 171, secs. 1-3/pp. 423-424)

OSCEOLA detached from MASON, attached to NEWAYGO "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 180/p. 463)

OSCEOLA detached from NEWAYGO, attached to MECOSTA "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1859, reg. sess., no. 99, secs. 1, 6/pp. 257-259)

OSCEOLA fully organized, detached from MECOSTA. (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 301/p. 487)

Part of LAKE was detached from both MASON and MECOSTA, attached to OSCEOLA "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 308/p. 605)

LAKE fully organized, detached from OSCEOLA. (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 357, secs. 1, 7/pp. 71, 73)

OSCODA created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) and Non-County Area 2 attached to SAGINAW; OSCODA not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 16, 35/pp. 198, 200)

OSCODA detached from MACKINAC, attached to CHEBOYGAN "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 20/p. 19)

OSCODA detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to ALPENA "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 65/p. 162)

OSCODA detached from ALPENA, attached to IOSCO "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

OSCODA detached from IOSCO, attached to ALCONA "for judicial and other purposes." (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 266, secs. 1, 5/pp. 336-337)

OSCODA fully organized, detached from ALCONA. (Mich. Acts 1881, reg. sess., pub., no. 19/p. 16)

OKKUDDO (now OTSEGO) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); OKKUDDO not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 22, 35/pp. 199-200)

OKKUDDO renamed OTSEGO. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 67/p. 145)

OTSEGO detached from MACKINAC, attached to CHEBOYGAN "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 20/p. 19)

OTSEGO detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to ALPENA "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

OTSEGO detached from ALPENA, attached to ANTRIM "for municipal and judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1863, reg. sess., no. 78/p. 119)

OTSEGO lost to re-creation of CHARLEVOIX. (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 390/p. 1091)

OTSEGO fully organized, detached from ANTRIM. (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., pub., no. 32/p. 28)

OTTAWA created by Michigan Territory from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) and Non-County Area 1 attached to CASS; OTTAWA not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:sec. 5/p. 871)

OTTAWA attached to KENT "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 65)

OTTAWA fully organized, detached from KENT. (Mich. Acts 1837, adj. sess., no. 8/p. 9)

AISHCUM (now LAKE), NOTIPEKAGO (now MASON), and UNWATTIN (now OSCEOLA) attached to OTTAWA; OCEANA detached from KENT, attached to OTTAWA. All attachments were "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 1, 4-7, 33-35/pp. 196-197, 200)

MANISTEE detached from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC), attached to OTTAWA; part of NEWAYGO detached from KENT, attached to OTTAWA. Both attachments were "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1846, ann. sess., no. 33, secs. 21-22/p. 31)

NEWAYGO fully organized, detached from OTTAWA. (Mich. Acts 1851, ext. sess., no. 177/p. 305)

MANISTEE detached from OTTAWA, attached to GRAND TRAVERSE "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 34/p. 43)

MASON fully organized, detached from OTTAWA; LAKE and OSCEOLA detached from OTTAWA, attached to MASON "for judicial purposes." Part of OCEANA reverted to Non-County Area 7; Non-County Area 7 was attached to OTTAWA "for judicial purposes." OCEANA fully organized, detached from OTTAWA. (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 171, secs. 1-3/pp. 423-424)

OTTAWA lost to creation of MUSKEGON and lost attached Non-County Area 7 to creation of MUSKEGON. (Mich. Acts 1859, reg. sess., no. 55/p. 94)

GOGEBIC implicitly overlapped Wisconsin (IRON and VILAS Counties) when the new Michigan constitution redefined part of the interstate boundary with Wisconsin across the Upper Peninsula; Wisconsin kept control of the disputed area. (Swindler, 5:249)

GOGEBIC and IRON implicitly overlapped the Wisconsin counties of FOREST, IRON, and VILAS when Michigan took its 1909 boundary dispute with Wisconsin to the U.S. Supreme Court and expanded its scope by claiming more territory on the Upper Peninsula and more of the waters and islands of Green Bay; Wisconsin claimed the old, established line and never lost control of the disputed area. (Martin, "Michigan-Wisconsin," 116, 118, 132)

Michigan's claim to territory in Wisconsin ended when the U.S. Supreme Court decided the dispute between Michigan and Wisconsin entirely in favor of Wisconsin; Overlap Area 1 eliminated. (Martin, "Michigan-Wisconsin," 141-143)

An overlap area was created between Michigan and Wisconsin when Michigan took its 1909 boundary dispute with Wisconsin to the U.S. Supreme Court and expanded its scope by claiming more of the waters and islands of Green Bay. Wisconsin claimed the old, established line and never lost control of the disputed area. Michigan claimed Washington, Rock, Chambers, Plum, and smaller islands in Green Bay. (Martin, "Michigan-Wisconsin," 116, 118, 132)

Michigan's claim to territory in Wisconsin ended when the U.S. Supreme Court decided the dispute between Michigan and Wisconsin entirely in favor of Wisconsin; Overlap Area 2 eliminated. (Martin, "Michigan-Wisconsin," 141-143)

An overlap between Michigan and Wisconsin was created in Green Bay when Wisconsin appeared to gain islands north of the Rock Island Passage when the U.S. Supreme Court decreed the precise course of the Michigan-Wisconsin boundary through Lake Michigan and Green Bay and introduced some unintentional errors. (Martin, "Michigan-Wisconsin," 143-145, 156-158; Paullin, 86, pl. 101)

Overlap between Michigan and Wisconsin ended when the U.S. Supreme Court decreed the precise course of the revised Michigan-Wisconsin boundary through Green Bay and Lake Michigan, restoring to Michigan the area it appeared to lose in 1926; Overlap Area 3 eliminated. (Martin, "Second Wisconsin-Michigan," 86, 118-121)

PRESQUE ISLE created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); PRESQUE ISLE not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 25, 35/pp. 199-200)

PRESQUE ISLE detached from MACKINAC, attached to CHEBOYGAN "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 20/p. 19)

Part of PRESQUE ISLE was detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to ALPENA "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 65/p. 162)

PRESQUE ISLE detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to ALPENA "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

PRESQUE ISLE fully organized, detached from ALPENA. (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 398, sec. 1/p. 128)

PRESQUE ISLE gained from CHEBOYGAN. (Mich. Acts 1873, reg. sess., no. 338/p. 85)

MIKENAUK (now ROSCOMMON) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) and Non-County Area 2 attached to SAGINAW; MIKENAUK not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 12, 35/pp. 197, 200)

MIKENAUK renamed ROSCOMMON. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 67/p. 145)

ROSCOMMON detached from MACKINAC, attached to CHEBOYGAN "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 20/p. 19)

ROSCOMMON detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to MIDLAND "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

ROSCOMMON boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1873, reg. sess., no. 338/p. 85)

ROSCOMMON fully organized, detached from MIDLAND. (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., pub., no. 41/p. 34)

SAGINAW created by Michigan Territory from ST. CLAIR and Non-County Area 2 attached to OAKLAND; SAGINAW not fully organized, attached to OAKLAND for administrative and judicial purposes. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11: 310-311)

SAGINAW lost to creation of MIDLAND. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:sec. 10/p. 872)

SAGINAW fully organized, detached from OAKLAND. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1359)

SAGINAW lost to creation of GENESEE. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1416)

ARENAC, GLADWIN, GRATIOT, ISABELLA, and MIDLAND all attached to SAGINAW. Non-County Area 5 detached from KALAMAZOO and Non-County Area 2 detached from OAKLAND. Non-County Area 2 gained all of Non-County Area 5; Non-County Area 2 attached to SAGINAW. All attachments were "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 67)

Part of ISABELLA was detached from SAGINAW, attached to IONIA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 51/p. 97)

SAGINAW lost all of attached Non-County Area 2 to creation of ANAMICKEE (now ALPENA), CHEONOQUET (now MONTMORENCY), KANOTIN (now IOSCO), KAYKAKEE (now CLARE), MIKENAUK (now ROSCOMMON), NEGWEGON (now ALCONA), OGEMAW, OSCODA, and SHAWONO (now CRAWFORD). HURON, KAYKAKEE and TUSCOLA not fully organized, attached to SAGINAW; ISABELLA detached from IONIA, re-attached to SAGINAW; attachment of ARENAC, GLADWIN, GRATIOT, and MIDLAND to SAGINAW was confirmed. All attachments were "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 1, 4, 8, 12-17, 23-24, 30, 32-35/pp. 197-200)

HURON detached from SAGINAW, attached to ST. CLAIR "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1844, ann. sess., no. 78/p. 112)

Part of GRATIOT was detached from SAGINAW, attached to CLINTON for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Acts 1845, ann. sess., no. 42, secs. 1, 25/pp. 49, 53)

TUSCOLA fully organized, detached from SAGINAW. (Mich. Acts 1850, ann. sess., no. 53/p. 45)

MIDLAND was authorized to become fully organized, but election was never held; MIDLAND remained attached to SAGINAW "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1850, ann. sess., no. 183/p. 182; Yates, 19; County of Midland, [81])

IOSCO detached from CHEBOYGAN, attached to SAGINAW "for judicial and representative purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 35/p. 44)

GRATIOT fully organized, detached from SAGINAW. (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 16/p. 12)

GLADWIN and ISABELLA detached from SAGINAW, attached to MIDLAND and indirectly through MIDLAND to SAGINAW "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 98/p. 231)

MIDLAND fully organized, detached from SAGINAW; GLADWIN and ISABELLA were no longer indirectly attached to SAGINAW. (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 36/p. 48)

IOSCO fully organized, detached from SAGINAW. (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 130/p. 358)

SAGINAW lost to creation of BAY; SAGINAW lost ARENAC attachment to creation of BAY. (Mich. Acts 1857, reg. sess., no. 171, secs. 1-2, 15/pp. 438-439, 441; Mich. Rpts., 5:114)

CLARE detached from SAGINAW, attached to MIDLAND "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1858, ext. sess., no. 5, sec. 1/p. 15)

SAGINAW lost to BAY. (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 448/p. 194)

SAGINAW lost to BAY. (Mich. Acts 1881, reg. sess., loc., no. 414/p. 343)

As an Indiana Territory county (created in 1790), ST. CLAIR (Ill.) gained non-county area in Indiana Territory, gained from KNOX (Ind.), and lost to RANDOLPH (Ill.). ST. CLAIR (Ill.) included territory in present Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 98-100; Pence and Armstrong, 212, 520)

ST. CLAIR (Ill.) lost to creation of WAYNE (Indiana Territory, extinct). (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 40 [1802], secs. 1-3/pp. 173-174; Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 114-115; Pence and Armstrong, 218; Van Zandt, 112)

ST. CLAIR (Ill.) exchanged with RANDOLPH (Ill.); area within present Michigan was unchanged. (Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 117-118)

ST. CLAIR (Ill.) became a county in Illinois Territory; ST. CLAIR (Ill.) continued to function de facto with no new boundaries specified. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 13 [1809], sec. 1/p. 514)

ST. CLAIR (Ill.) created by Illinois Territory (effectively continuing the county of the same name that had been created by the Northwest Territory in 1790). ST. CLAIR (Ill.) exchanged with Indiana Territory (gaining the non-county area along the west side of Lake Michigan now in Illinois Territory); included the western part of the Upper Peninsula of present Michigan. ST. CLAIR (Ill.) also lost to RANDOLPH (Ill.). (Terr. Papers U.S., 17:620-621)

ST. CLAIR (Ill.) lost to creation of MADISON (Ill.); ST. CLAIR (Ill.) eliminated from present Michigan. (Terr. Papers U.S., 17:643)

ST. CLAIR created by Michigan Territory from MACOMB. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:39-40, 133)

ST. CLAIR lost to MACOMB and lost to creation of LAPEER, SAGINAW, SANILAC, and SHIAWASSEE. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:308-313)

SANILAC detached from OAKLAND, attached to ST. CLAIR "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:588)

ST. CLAIR lost to MACOMB. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:926)

Part of SANILAC was detached from ST. CLAIR, attached to LAPEER "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 67)

ST. CLAIR lost part of SANILAC attachment to creation of HURON; SANILAC detached from LAPEER, re-attached to ST. CLAIR "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 1, 4, 33-35/pp. 196, 200)

HURON detached from SAGINAW, attached to ST. CLAIR "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1844, ann. sess., no. 78/p. 112)

ST. CLAIR lost to SANILAC. (Mich. Acts 1848, ann. sess., no. 228/p. 344)

SANILAC fully organized, detached from ST. CLAIR. (Mich. Acts 1848, ann. sess., no. 228/p. 344)

HURON detached from ST. CLAIR, attached to SANILAC "for judicial and representative purposes." (Mich. Acts 1850, ann. sess., no. 212/p. 215)

ST. JOSEPH created by Michigan Territory from Non-County Area 1 attached to LENAWEE; ST. JOSEPH not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:sec. 11/p. 736)

ST. JOSEPH fully organized. BARRY, BRANCH, CALHOUN, EATON, and KALAMAZOO all attached to ST. JOSEPH. Part of Non-County Area 1 detached from LENAWEE and part of Non-County Area 2 detached from OAKLAND; this became Non-County Area 5 attached to ST. JOSEPH. All attachments were for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

KALAMAZOO fully organized, detached from ST. JOSEPH; BARRY, CALHOUN, EATON, and Non-County Area 5 detached from ST. JOSEPH, attached to KALAMAZOO "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:836-837)

ST. JOSEPH gained small area from CASS. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:889)

BRANCH fully organized, detached from ST. JOSEPH. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:977)

SANILAC created by Michigan Territory from ST. CLAIR and Non-County Area 2 attached to OAKLAND; SANILAC not fully organized, attached to OAKLAND for administrative and judicial purposes. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:310-311)

SANILAC detached from OAKLAND, attached to ST. CLAIR "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:588)

Part of SANILAC was detached from ST. CLAIR, attached to LAPEER "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 67)

SANILAC lost to creation of HURON and TUSCOLA; SANILAC detached from LAPEER, re-attached to ST. CLAIR "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 1, 4, 30, 32-34/pp. 196, 200)

SANILAC gained from ST. CLAIR. (Mich. Acts 1848, ann. sess., no. 228/p. 344)

SANILAC fully organized, detached from ST. CLAIR. (Mich. Acts 1848, ann. sess., no. 228/p. 344)

HURON detached from ST. CLAIR, attached to SANILAC "for judicial and representative purposes." (Mich. Acts 1850, ann. sess., no. 212/p. 215)

Part of HURON was detached from SANILAC, attached to TUSCOLA "for judicial and representative purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 69/p. 113)

HURON fully organized, detached from SANILAC. (Mich. Acts 1859, reg. sess., no. 6, sec. 1/p. 4)

SCHOOLCRAFT created from CHIPPEWA and MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); SCHOOLCRAFT not fully organized, attached to CHIPPEWA "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 89, secs. 3, 7/pp. 202-203)

SCHOOLCRAFT detached from CHIPPEWA, attached to HOUGHTON "for judicial and other purposes." (Mich. Acts 1846, ann. sess., no. 157, secs. 1, 7/pp. 286-287)

SCHOOLCRAFT boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Mich. Acts 1848, ann. sess., no. 229, secs. 1-4, 10/pp. 345-347)

SCHOOLCRAFT detached from HOUGHTON, attached to MARQUETTE "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1851, ann. sess., no. 105/p. 142; Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 4/p. 4)

SCHOOLCRAFT lost to DELTA. (Mich. Acts 1861, reg. sess., no. 129, secs. 1, 5/pp. 174-175; Mich. Acts 1863, reg. sess., no. 16/p. 14)

SCHOOLCRAFT gained all of Non-County Area 8 attached to DELTA; Non-County Area 8 eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1862, ext. sess., no. 23/p. 53)

SCHOOLCRAFT fully organized, detached from MARQUETTE. (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 373/p. 99)

SCHOOLCRAFT lost to MARQUETTE. (Mich. Acts 1875, reg. sess., loc., no. 292/p. 233)

SCHOOLCRAFT lost to creation of ALGER. (Mich. Acts 1885, reg. sess., pub., no. 23/p. 17)

SHIAWASSEE created by Michigan Territory from OAKLAND, ST. CLAIR, and Non-County Area 2 attached to OAKLAND; SHIAWASSEE not fully organized, attached to OAKLAND for administrative and judicial purposes. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11: 311)

SHIAWASSEE lost to creation of INGHAM. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:sec. 2/p. 735)

SHIAWASSEE lost to creation of LIVINGSTON; LIVINGSTON not fully organized, part attached to SHIAWASSEE and indirectly through SHIAWASSEE to OAKLAND "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:993)

SHIAWASSEE lost to creation of GENESEE. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:1416)

SHIAWASSEE detached from OAKLAND, attached to GENESEE "for judicial purposes;" LIVINGSTON fully organized, detached from SHIAWASSEE and indirectly through SHIAWASSEE from OAKLAND. (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 66)

SHIAWASSEE fully organized, detached from GENESEE; CLINTON detached from KENT, attached to SHIAWASSEE "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 56/p. 106)

CLINTON fully organized, detached from SHIAWASSEE. (Mich. Acts 1839, ann. sess., no. 20/p. 15)

TUSCOLA created from SANILAC (which was attached to LAPEER); TUSCOLA not fully organized, attached to SAGINAW "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 30, 34/p. 200)

TUSCOLA gained from LAPEER. (Mich. Acts 1845, ann. sess., no. 42, secs. 1, 25/pp. 49, 53)

TUSCOLA fully organized, detached from SAGINAW. (Mich. Acts 1850, ann. sess., no. 53/p. 45)

Part of HURON was detached from SANILAC, attached to TUSCOLA "for judicial and representative purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 69/p. 113)

TUSCOLA exchanged with LAPEER. (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 144/p. 313)

HURON fully organized, detached from TUSCOLA. (Mich. Acts 1859, reg. sess., no. 6, sec. 1/p. 4)

Virginia ceded to the United States its charter claims to territory "northwestward of the river Ohio." Other state claims in the area were effectively eliminated by 1787. All of present Michigan became unorganized federal territory. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 62, 130-131; Hening, 11:571-575)

The United States created the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio (Northwest Territory), including all of present Michigan, to govern all territory west of Pennsylvania, north of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River to which states had ceded their colonial charter claims; unorganized federal territory eliminated. (Terr. Papers U.S., 2:39-50)

Part of the Upper Peninsula of present Michigan (between Illinois and Michigan Territories) became unorganized federal territory when the state of Indiana was created from Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan Territories. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 57 [1816], secs. 1-2/p. 289, and res. 1 [1816]/p. 399; Van Zandt, 115)

Michigan Territory gained all the unorganized federal territory in the Upper Peninsula of present Michigan; it became part of MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) and BROWN (Wis.). (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:803-804)

VAN BUREN created by Michigan Territory from Non-County Area 1 attached to LENAWEE; VAN BUREN not fully organized, not attached. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:sec. 8/p. 736)

VAN BUREN attached to CASS for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

VAN BUREN fully organized, detached from CASS. (Mich. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 51/p. 97)

WASHTENAW created by Michigan Territory from MONROE, OAKLAND, and WAYNE; WASHTENAW not fully organized, attached to WAYNE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:311)

WASHTENAW fully organized, detached from WAYNE. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:292)

WASHTENAW lost to creation of INGHAM and JACKSON. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:secs. 2, 5/p. 735)

INGHAM and JACKSON attached to WASHTENAW for administrative and judicial purposes. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:744-746)

JACKSON fully organized, detached from WASHTENAW. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:929)

WASHTENAW lost to creation of LIVINGSTON; LIVINGSTON not fully organized, part attached to WASHTENAW "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Terr. Laws, 3:993)

LIVINGSTON fully organized, detached from WASHTENAW. (Mich. Acts 1836, ann. sess., p. 65)

INGHAM detached from WASHTENAW, attached to JACKSON "for judicial purposes." (History of Jackson County, 277, 287)

WAYNE (Northwest Territory, extinct) created by the Northwest Territory from HAMILTON (Ohio), KNOX (Ind.), and non-county area; included all of the Lower Peninsula of present Michigan, the eastern end of the Upper Peninsula, and parts of present Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin. (Terr. Papers U.S., 2:567-568, 3:447; Pence and Armstrong, 216)

WAYNE (Northwest Territory, extinct) lost to Indiana Territory when Indiana Territory was created from the Northwest Territory. The eastern half of present Michigan remained part of WAYNE (Northwest Territory, extinct). (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:86-88; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 41 [1800]/pp. 58-59)

WAYNE (Northwest Territory, extinct) lost to creation of TRUMBULL (Ohio); area within present Michigan was unchanged. (Terr. Papers U.S., 3:525; Chase, 3:2097)

WAYNE (Northwest Territory, extinct) eliminated when the Northwest Territory was eliminated. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 40 [1802], secs. 1-3/pp. 173-174; Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 114-115; Pence and Armstrong, 218; Van Zandt, 112)

WAYNE (Indiana Territory, extinct) created by Indiana Territory from KNOX (Ind.), ST. CLAIR (Ill.), and WAYNE (Northwest Territory, extinct); included nearly all of present Michigan except for the western part of the Upper Peninsula and parts of present Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Wisconsin. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 40 [1802], secs. 1-3/pp. 173-174; Ind. Terr., Exec. Journal, 114-115; Pence and Armstrong, 218; Van Zandt, 112)

WAYNE (Indiana Territory, extinct) eliminated when Michigan Territory was created from Indiana Territory. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:5-7; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 5 [1805]/pp. 309-310)

WAYNE created by Michigan Territory from non-county area in Detroit, Erie, and Huron Districts; included part of the disputed strip west of Lake Erie that was also claimed by Ohio but controlled by Michigan. No change was made to the underlying boundaries of Detroit, Erie, and Huron Districts. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:720)

WAYNE gained the non-county area known as Michilimackinac District; WAYNE was divided in two parts. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:722)

WAYNE lost to creation of MONROE; WAYNE eliminated from Ohio. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:729)

WAYNE lost to creation of MACOMB. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:772)

WAYNE lost to creation of MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); WAYNE no longer divided in two parts. (Terr. Papers U.S., 10:802)

WAYNE gained from MONROE, lost to creation of WASHTENAW; WASHTENAW not fully organized, attached to WAYNE for administrative and judicial purposes. (Terr. Papers U.S., 11:308-313)

WASHTENAW fully organized, detached from WAYNE. (Mich. Terr. Laws, 2:292)

KAUTAWAUBET (now WEXFORD) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); KAUTAWAUBET not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 10, 35/pp. 197, 200)

KAUTAWAUBET renamed WEXFORD. (Mich. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 67/p. 145)

WEXFORD detached from MACKINAC, attached to GRAND TRAVERSE "for judicial and municipal purposes." (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 34/p. 43)

WEXFORD detached from GRAND TRAVERSE, attached to MANISTEE "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1855, reg. sess., no. 171, secs. 1-3/pp. 423-424)

WEXFORD fully organized, detached from MANISTEE; MISSAUKEE detached from MANISTEE, attached to WEXFORD "for municipal and judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 386, secs. 1-2/p. 1085)

MISSAUKEE fully organized, detached from WEXFORD. (Mich. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 336, sec. 1/p. 44)

WEXFORD gained from MANISTEE. (Mich. Acts 1873, reg. sess., no. 332/p. 80)

WEXFORD lost to MANISTEE. (Mich. Acts 1881, reg. sess., loc., no. 337/p. 120)

WYANDOT (extinct) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC); WYANDOT not fully organized, attached to MICHILIMACKINAC "for judicial purposes." (Mich. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 119, secs. 26, 35/pp. 199-200)

WYANDOT lost all territory to CHEBOYGAN; WYANDOT eliminated. (Mich. Acts 1853, reg. sess., no. 20/p. 19)

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