Marquette County, Michigan
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Marquette County Courthouse was used in the film version of Anatomy of a Murder, which was set in the area.
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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 | March 9, 1843, organized 1851 |
| Named for | Jacques Marquette |
| Seat | Marquette |
| Largest city | Marquette |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,425 sq mi (8,871 km2) |
| • Land | 1,808 sq mi (4,683 km2) |
| • Water | 1,616 sq mi (4,185 km2), 47% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 67,077 |
| • Density | 37/sq mi (14/km²) |
| Congressional district | 1st |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | www |
Marquette County is a county located in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 67,077. The county seat is Marquette. The county is named for Father Marquette, a Jesuit missionary. It was set off in 1843 and organized in 1851. Marquette County is the largest county in land area in Michigan, and the most populous county in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Marquette County comprises the Marquette, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,425 square miles (8,870 km2), of which 1,808 square miles (4,680 km2) is land and 1,616 square miles (4,190 km2) (47%) is water. It is the largest county in Michigan by land area and fourth-largest by total area.
The Huron Mountains are located in the county. To the north of the county is Lake Superior.
In addition to the 169.42 miles (272.66 km) of state highways in the county, the Marquette County Road Commission maintains 283.85 miles (456.81 km) of primary county roads which include County Road 492 (CR 492), and 988.25 miles (1,590.43 km) of secondary county roads. The road commission provides maintenance such as snow removal under contract with the Michigan Department of Transportation for the state trunklines. The commission was also planning to build CR 595 in the next few years. The project was canceled after the permit was denied by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the funding for the project was diverted by the commercial interests backing construction.
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