Charlevoix County, Michigan
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Charlevoix County Building
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 Location in the U.S. state of Michigan |
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 Michigan's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1869 | |
| Named for | Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix | |
| Seat | Charlevoix | |
| Largest city | Boyne City | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,390 sq mi (3,600 km2) | |
| • Land | 416 sq mi (1,077 km2) | |
| • Water | 974 sq mi (2,523 km2), 70% | |
| Population | ||
| • (2010) | 25,949 | |
| • Density | 62/sq mi (24/km²) | |
| Congressional district | 1st | |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 | |
| Website | www |
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Charlevoix County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 25,949. The county seat is Charlevoix.
Between 1840 and 1841, surveyors William Austin Burt,John Mullett and Charles W. Cathcart, surveyed much of Northern Michigan. Cathcart oversaw the internal lines survey for 34N 08W, the region which would later be known as Charlevoix. Mullett and Cathcart laid out many of the townships in the new county including Charlevoix Township.
The county was named in 1843 for Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, a Jesuit missionary of the French colonial era. The county was originally organized in 1840 as Kesk-kauko in honor of a great chief of the Saginaw tribe, and name was changed from Resh-kanko to Charlevoix County in 1843.
In 1847, a group of "Strangite" Mormons settled on Beaver Island and established a "kingdom" led by "King" James Jesse Strang. There were bitter disputes between Strang's followers and other white settlers. Strang, seeking to strengthen his position, gained election to the Michigan State House of Representatives. In January 1853, he pushed through legislation titled, "An act to organize the County of Emmet", which enlarged Emmet County by attaching the nearby Lake Michigan islands to Emmet county, as well as a portion of Cheboygan County and Keskkauko/Resh-kanko/ Charlevoix. Charlevoix was thus organized in 1853 as a township under Emmet County and consisted all of the nine townships in the southern half of Emmet County.
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