Cheboygan County, Michigan
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Commercial Airline
There are no commercial airline airports in Cheboygan County but the nearest ones are Alpena County Regional AirportAlpena County Regional Airport
-Top Destinations:- External links :* , official site* from USGS The National Map...
, Chippewa County International Airport
Chippewa County International Airport
Chippewa County International Airport is a public use airport in Chippewa County, Michigan, United States. It is located 15 nautical miles south of the central business district of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The airport is owned by the Chippewa County Economic Development Corporation...
(Sault Ste. Marie, MI), and Cherry Capital Airport
Cherry Capital Airport
Cherry Capital Airport is a public-use airport located two nautical miles south of the central business district of Traverse City, in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States...
(Traverse City). Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines
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schedules flights daily out of the Pellston Regional Airport
Pellston Regional Airport
Pellston Regional Airport , also known as Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County, is a public airport located one mile northwest of the central business district of Pellston, a village in Emmet County, Michigan, United States....
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US Highways
US 23
US 31U.S. Route 31U.S. Route 31 is a long north–south highway connecting northern Michigan to southern Alabama, with its northern terminus at Interstate 75 near Mackinaw City, Michigan, and southern terminus at the combined U.S. Route 90 & U.S. Route 98 at Spanish Fort, Alabama...
Michigan State Trunklines
M-27M-27 (Michigan highway)M-27 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the extreme north of the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The route runs between Interstate 75 just north of Indian River and Cheboygan, where it meets US Highway 23 near Lake Huron...
M-33M-33 (Michigan highway)M-33 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from Interstate 75 at Alger in Arenac County north to M-27 near Cheboygan. In between, the trunkline runs through rural sections of the northeastern Lower Peninsula including state and national forest areas...
M-68M-68 (Michigan highway)M-68 is an east–west state trunkline highway located in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the highway begins four miles east of the Little Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan and ends a few blocks from Lake Huron in Rogers City...
M-108M-108 (Michigan highway)M-108 was a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway followed Nicolet Street, although some maps also labeled it as the Mackinaw Highway. The road was on the boundary between Emmet and Cheboygan counties....
M-212M-212 (Michigan highway)M-212 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. M-212 was designated in order to provide access from M-33 to both the small community of Aloha on the eastern shore of Mullett Lake, as well as to Aloha State Park, where the highway ends. M-212 is the shortest state highway in...
Cheboygan County Intercounty Highways
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F-05
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 26,448 people, 10,835 households, and 7,573 families residing in the county. The population density
Population density
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was 37 people per square mile (14/km²). There were 16,583 housing units at an average density of 23 per square mile (9/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 94.80% White
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.25% Black
Race (United States Census)
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or African American
Race (United States Census)
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, 2.55% Native American
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.20% Asian
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.02% Pacific Islander
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.15% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 2.05% from two or more races. 0.76% of the population were Hispanic
Race (United States Census)
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or Latino
Race (United States Census)
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of any race. 21.4% were of German
Germans
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, 10.4% English
English people
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, 10.0% French
French people
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, 9.5% Polish
Poles
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, 9.2% American
United States
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and 8.9% Irish
Irish people
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ancestry according to Census 2000. 97.7% spoke English
English language
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as their first language.
There were 10,835 households out of which 28.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.00% were married couples
Marriage
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living together, 8.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.10% were non-families. 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.87.
In the county the population was spread out with 23.70% under the age of 18, 6.20% from 18 to 24, 25.80% from 25 to 44, 26.30% from 45 to 64, and 17.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 98.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.50 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $33,417, and the median income for a family was $38,390. Males had a median income of $30,054 versus $20,682 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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for the county was $18,088. About 8.70% of families and 12.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.90% of those under age 18 and 7.10% of those age 65 or over.
Government
The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts,keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains vital records, administers public health
Public health
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regulations, and
participates with the state in the provision of welfare and other social services. The county board of commissioners
County commission
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controls the budget but has only limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In
Michigan, most local government functions — police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street
maintenance, etc. — are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.
Cheboygan County elected officials
- Prosecuting AttorneyProsecutorThe prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system...
: Daryl Vizina - SheriffSheriffA sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
: Dale Clarmont - County Clerk/Register of Deeds: Mary Ellen Tryban
- County TreasurerTreasurerA treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury of an organization. The adjective for a treasurer is normally "tresorial". The adjective "treasurial" normally means pertaining to a treasury, rather than the treasurer.-Government:...
: Linda Cronan - Drain CommissionerDrain commissionerA drain commissioner is an elected official in counties of the U.S. state of Michigan with a population over 12,000. In counties with a population under 12,000, the statutory duties and responsibilities of the drain commissioner are performed by the county's board of road commissioners.The office...
: Dennis Lennox - County SurveyorCounty surveyor1. A county surveyor is a public official in many counties of the USA. At the bottom of this page are working "External Links" as at 4 November 2011 to websites of a selection of such County Surveyor's departments. Most of these officials are elected on the partisan ballot to four-year terms...
: James H. Granger
(information as of November 2008)
Cities, villages, and townships
Cities- CheboyganCheboygan, MichiganCheboygan is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 5,295. It is the county seat of Cheboygan County....
Villages
- Mackinaw CityMackinaw City, MichiganMackinaw City is a village in Emmet and Cheboygan counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2000 census the population was 859. The name "Mackinaw City" is a bit of a misnomer as it is actually a village...
(part) - WolverineWolverine, MichiganWolverine is a village in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 359 at the 2000 census.The village is in the sparsely populated southwest corner of Cheboygan County, lying mostly within Nunda Township, though a small portion lies in adjacent Wilmot Township...
Unincorporated
- Afton
- Aloha
- Alverno
- Burt Lake
- Elmhurst
- Indian RiverIndian River, MichiganIndian River is an unincorporated community in Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place for statistical purposes and is not legally recognized as a municipality. The population was 2,008 at the 2000 census....
- Mullett Lake
- Riggsville
- Topinabee
- Tower
Townships
- Aloha TownshipAloha Township, MichiganAloha Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,041.-Communities:...
- Beaugrand TownshipBeaugrand Township, MichiganBeaugrand Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,157.-Geography:...
- Benton TownshipBenton Township, Cheboygan County, MichiganBenton Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 3,080.-Geography:...
- Burt TownshipBurt Township, Cheboygan County, MichiganBurt Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 654.-Communities:*Elmhurst is a place in the township located on a peninsula on the west side of Burt Lake at ....
- Ellis TownshipEllis Township, MichiganEllis Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 519 at the 2000 census.-Communities:...
- Forest TownshipForest Township, Cheboygan County, MichiganForest Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,080 at the 2000 census.- Communities :...
- Grant TownshipGrant Township, Cheboygan County, MichiganGrant Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 947.-Geography:...
- Hebron TownshipHebron Township, MichiganHebron Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 303....
- Inverness TownshipInverness Township, MichiganInverness Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,278 at the 2000 census.-Communities:...
- Koehler TownshipKoehler Township, MichiganKoehler Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,168 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
- Mackinaw TownshipMackinaw Township, MichiganMackinaw Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 576 at the 2000 census.-Communities:...
- Mentor TownshipMentor Township, Cheboygan County, MichiganMentor Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 781 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
- Mullett TownshipMullett Township, MichiganMullett Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,284 at the 2000 census. Both the township and Mullett Lake are named for John Mullett, who surveyed much of the area between 1840 and 1843....
- Munro TownshipMunro Township, MichiganMunro Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 679 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
- Nunda TownshipNunda Township, MichiganNunda Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 925 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census...
- Tuscarora TownshipTuscarora Township, MichiganTuscarora Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,091 at the 2000 census.-Communities:*Burt Lake is an unincorporated community on the southwest shore of Burt Lake at...
- Walker TownshipWalker Township, MichiganWalker Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 292.-Geography:...
- Waverly TownshipWaverly Township, Cheboygan County, MichiganWaverly Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 472 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
- Wilmot TownshipWilmot Township, MichiganWilmot Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 826 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
Historical Note: Cheboygan County had another township called Maple Grove Township
Maple Grove Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan
Maple Grove Township was a municipal township in southeastern Cheboygan County, Michigan. After it was learned that there were only 5 people in the township in the early 1940s, Maple Grove became part of Forest Township in the autumn of 1942....
, and it became part of Forest Township in 1942.
Historical markers
- Forty Mile Point Lighthouse / Graveyard of Ships
- Inland Waterway
- Jacob J. Post House
- Jail and Sheriff's Residence
- Newton-Allaire House
- Old Cheboygan County Courthouse
- St. Bernard Catholic Church
- St. Mary's Church
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Cheboygan County, Michigan
- USS Cheboygan County (LST-533)USS Cheboygan County (LST-533)USS Cheboygan County was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Cheboygan County, Michigan, she has so far been the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name...