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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Civil_townships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Civil townships</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Civil_townships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Former_townships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Former_townships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Former townships</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Former_townships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Census-designated_places" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Census-designated_places"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Census-designated places</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Census-designated_places-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Unincorporated_communities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unincorporated_communities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Unincorporated communities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unincorporated_communities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Government</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Events" 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vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkaska_K%C5%ABn_(Michigan)" title="Kalkaska Kūn (Michigan) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kalkaska Kūn (Michigan)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD)" title="Калкаска (окръг, Мичиган) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Калкаска (окръг, Мичиган)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkaska_County,_Michigan" title="Kalkaska County, Michigan – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Kalkaska County, Michigan" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkaska_County" title="Kalkaska County – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kalkaska County" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkaska_County" title="Kalkaska County – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kalkaska County" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkaska_County,_Michigan" title="Kalkaska County, Michigan – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Kalkaska County, Michigan" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkaska_County" title="Kalkaska County – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kalkaska County" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Kalkaska" title="Condado de Kalkaska – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Kalkaska" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantono_Kalkaska" title="Kantono Kalkaska – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Kalkaska" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkaska_konderria_(Michigan)" title="Kalkaska konderria (Michigan) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kalkaska konderria (Michigan)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86" title="شهرستان کالکاسکا، میشیگان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان کالکاسکا، میشیگان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Kalkaska" title="Comté de Kalkaska – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Kalkaska" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)" title="کالکاسکا شأرستان (ميشيگان) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="کالکاسکا شأرستان (ميشيگان)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BA%98%EC%B9%B4%EC%8A%A4%EC%B9%B4%EA%B5%B0" title="캘카스카군 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="캘카스카군" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%AF%D5%A1_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%B9%D5%AB%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%B6)" title="Քալկասկա շրջան (Միչիգան) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Քալկասկա շրջան (Միչիգան)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8" title="কালকাস্কা কাউন্টি, মিশিগান – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="কালকাস্কা কাউন্টি, মিশিগান" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Kalkaska" title="Contea di Kalkaska – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Kalkaska" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkaska_Comitatus" title="Kalkaska Comitatus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Kalkaska Comitatus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkaska_megye" title="Kalkaska megye – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kalkaska megye" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)" title="کالکاسکا شهرستان (میشیگان) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="کالکاسکا شهرستان (میشیگان)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkaska_G%C3%B4ng_(Michigan)" title="Kalkaska Gông (Michigan) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Kalkaska Gông (Michigan)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkaska_County" title="Kalkaska County – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kalkaska County" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E9%83%A1_(%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B7%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3%E5%B7%9E)" title="カルカスカ郡 (ミシガン州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="カルカスカ郡 (ミシガン州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkaska_County" title="Kalkaska County – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kalkaska County" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C" title="کالاکاسکا کاؤنٹی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="کالاکاسکا کاؤنٹی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkaska_County" title="Kalkaska County – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Kalkaska County" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Kalkaska" title="Hrabstwo Kalkaska – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Kalkaska" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Kalkaska" title="Condado de Kalkaska – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Kalkaska" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" 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0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Kalkaska County</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalkaska_County_Government_Offices_(Michigan).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kalkaska County Government Offices in Kalkaska"><img alt="Kalkaska County Government Offices in Kalkaska" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Kalkaska_County_Government_Offices_%28Michigan%29.jpg/300px-Kalkaska_County_Government_Offices_%28Michigan%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Kalkaska_County_Government_Offices_%28Michigan%29.jpg/450px-Kalkaska_County_Government_Offices_%28Michigan%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Kalkaska_County_Government_Offices_%28Michigan%29.jpg/600px-Kalkaska_County_Government_Offices_%28Michigan%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="2916" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Kalkaska County Government Offices in <a href="/wiki/Kalkaska,_Michigan" title="Kalkaska, Michigan">Kalkaska</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_Kalkaska_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of Michigan"><img alt="Map of Michigan highlighting Kalkaska County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_Kalkaska_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_Kalkaska_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="351" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_Kalkaska_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_Kalkaska_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_Kalkaska_County.svg/600px-Map_of_Michigan_highlighting_Kalkaska_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="962" data-file-height="1127" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michigan_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Michigan's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting Michigan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Michigan_in_United_States.svg/300px-Michigan_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Michigan_in_United_States.svg/450px-Michigan_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Michigan_in_United_States.svg/600px-Michigan_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Michigan's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&params=44.69_N_85.08_W_type:city(17939)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">44°41′N</span> <span class="longitude">85°05′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">44.69°N 85.08°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">44.69; -85.08</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="457" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1840 (established)<br />1871 (organized)<sup id="cite_ref-clarke_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clarke-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kalkaska,_Michigan" title="Kalkaska, Michigan">Kalkaska</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest village</th><td class="infobox-data">Kalkaska</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">571 sq mi (1,480 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">560 sq mi (1,500 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">11 sq mi (30 km<sup>2</sup>)  1.9%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">17,939</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">18,490 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">31/sq mi (12/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michigan%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Michigan's 1st congressional district">1st</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kalkaskacounty.net">kalkaskacounty<wbr />.net</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kalkaska County</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">kal-<span style="font-size:90%">KASS</span>-kə</i></a>) is located in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, its population was 17,939.<sup id="cite_ref-QF_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Kalkaska,_Michigan" title="Kalkaska, Michigan">Kalkaska</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kalkaska County is part of the <a href="/wiki/Traverse_City_metropolitan_area" title="Traverse City metropolitan area">Traverse City metropolitan area</a>. Although it is located on Michigan's Lower Peninsula, Kalkaska County is considered part of <a href="/wiki/Northern_Michigan" title="Northern Michigan">Northern Michigan</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1842_Leelenaw_Omeena_Negissee_Wabbassee_Okkuddo_Shawwano_counties_Michigan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/1842_Leelenaw_Omeena_Negissee_Wabbassee_Okkuddo_Shawwano_counties_Michigan.jpg/220px-1842_Leelenaw_Omeena_Negissee_Wabbassee_Okkuddo_Shawwano_counties_Michigan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/1842_Leelenaw_Omeena_Negissee_Wabbassee_Okkuddo_Shawwano_counties_Michigan.jpg/330px-1842_Leelenaw_Omeena_Negissee_Wabbassee_Okkuddo_Shawwano_counties_Michigan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/1842_Leelenaw_Omeena_Negissee_Wabbassee_Okkuddo_Shawwano_counties_Michigan.jpg/440px-1842_Leelenaw_Omeena_Negissee_Wabbassee_Okkuddo_Shawwano_counties_Michigan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="899" data-file-height="527" /></a><figcaption>A detail from <i><a href="/wiki/File:1842_A_new_map_of_Michigan_with_its_canals_roads_distances_by_H.S._Tanner.jpg" title="File:1842 A new map of Michigan with its canals roads distances by H.S. Tanner.jpg">A New Map of Michigan with its Canals, Roads & Distances</a></i> (1842) by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Schenck_Tanner" title="Henry Schenck Tanner">Henry Schenck Tanner</a>, showing Kalkaska County as "Wabbassee" (a misspelling of Wabassee, the county's name from 1840 to 1843.<sup id="cite_ref-Newberry_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Newberry-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) Several nearby counties are also shown with names that would later be changed.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Northern_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Northern Michigan">History of Northern Michigan</a></div> <p>Kalkaska County, originally named <b>Wabassee County</b>, was separated from <a href="/wiki/Mackinac_County,_Michigan" title="Mackinac County, Michigan">Michilimackinac County</a> in 1840,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> renamed in 1843.<sup id="cite_ref-Newberry_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Newberry-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-clarke_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clarke-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1851, Kalkaska County was attached to <a href="/wiki/Grand_Traverse_County,_Michigan" title="Grand Traverse County, Michigan">Grand Traverse County</a> for legal purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first settler in Kalkaska County was William Copeland, from England, who purchased land in the northwest corner of the county in 1855. Kalkaska County was organized in its own right on January 27, 1871. <a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Michigan" title="Crawford County, Michigan">Crawford County</a> was then temporarily attached to Kalkaska County for legal purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county's name is a pseudo-Native American word coined by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Schoolcraft" title="Henry Schoolcraft">Henry Schoolcraft</a>, a Michigan geographer and ethnologist.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name is thought to be a <a href="/wiki/Chippewa" class="mw-redirect" title="Chippewa">Chippewa</a> word meaning flat or burned-over country. An alternative theory is that this is a <a href="/wiki/Neologism" title="Neologism">neologism</a> or neonym created by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Schoolcraft" title="Henry Schoolcraft">Henry Schoolcraft</a>, originally spelled Calcasca. Some theorists suggest this is word play. Schoolcraft's family name had been Calcraft, and the Ks may have been added to make the name appear more like a Native American word.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 571 square miles (1,480 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 11 square miles (28 km<sup>2</sup>) (1.9%) are covered by water.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kalkaska_sand" title="Kalkaska sand">Kalkaska sand</a>, the <a href="/wiki/State_soil" class="mw-redirect" title="State soil">state soil</a> of Michigan, was named after the county because of the large amounts deposited in the area from <a href="/wiki/Glacier" title="Glacier">glaciers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Last_Glacial_Period" title="Last Glacial Period">Ice Age</a>. </p><p>Kalkaska County has over 80 lakes and 275 miles (443 km) of streams and rivers. Much of the county is marshland. County elevation ranges from 595 feet (181 m) to about 1,246 feet (380 m). This makes it one of the more uneven counties in the <a href="/wiki/Lower_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Peninsula">Lower Peninsula</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Pere_Marquette_State_Forest" title="Pere Marquette State Forest">Pere Marquette State Forest</a> covers much of the county. Glaciers shaped the area, creating a unique regional ecosystem. A large portion of the area is the Grayling outwash plain, a broad outwash plain including sandy ice-disintegration ridges, jack pine barrens, some white pine-red pine forest, and northern hardwood forest. Large lakes were created by glacial action.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lakes">Lakes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Lakes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 12em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Torch_Lake_(Antrim_County,_Michigan)" title="Torch Lake (Antrim County, Michigan)">Torch Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starvation_Lake" title="Starvation Lake">Starvation Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Skegemog" title="Lake Skegemog">Lake Skegemog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Lake_(Michigan)" title="Bear Lake (Michigan)">Bear Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manistee_Lake_(Kalkaska_County,_Michigan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manistee Lake (Kalkaska County, Michigan) (page does not exist)">Manistee Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grass_Lake_(Michigan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grass Lake (Michigan) (page does not exist)">Grass Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rainbow_Lake_(Michigan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rainbow Lake (Michigan) (page does not exist)">Rainbow Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blue_Lake_(Kalkaska_County,_Michigan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blue Lake (Kalkaska County, Michigan) (page does not exist)">Blue Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cub_Lake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cub Lake (page does not exist)">Cub Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twin_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin Lake">Twin Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Twin_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Little Twin Lake">Little Twin Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickerel_Lake_(Kalkaska_County,_Michigan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pickerel Lake (Kalkaska County, Michigan) (page does not exist)">Pickerel Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Squaw_Lake_(Kalkaska_County,_Michigan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Squaw Lake (Kalkaska County, Michigan) (page does not exist)">Squaw Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indian_Lake_(Kalkaska_County,_Michigan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Indian Lake (Kalkaska County, Michigan) (page does not exist)">Indian Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perch_Lake_(Kalkaska_County,_Michigan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Perch Lake (Kalkaska County, Michigan) (page does not exist)">Perch Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crawford_Lake_(Michigan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crawford Lake (Michigan) (page does not exist)">Crawford Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lost_Lake_(Kalkaska_County,_Michigan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lost Lake (Kalkaska County, Michigan) (page does not exist)">Lost Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnson_Rd_Lake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Johnson Rd Lake (page does not exist)">Johnson Rd Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Log_Lake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Log Lake (page does not exist)">Log Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Selkirk_Lake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Selkirk Lake (page does not exist)">Selkirk Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kettle_Lake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kettle Lake (page does not exist)">Kettle Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Placid_(Michigan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lake Placid (Michigan) (page does not exist)">Lake Placid</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sand_Lake_(Michigan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sand Lake (Michigan) (page does not exist)">Sand Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twenty_Eight_Lakes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Twenty Eight Lakes (page does not exist)">Twenty Eight Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Lake_(Michigan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="East Lake (Michigan) (page does not exist)">East Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Lake_(Kalkaska_County,_Michigan)" title="Long Lake (Kalkaska County, Michigan)">Long Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Five_(Michigan)" title="Lake Five (Michigan)">Lake Five</a></li> <li>Wheeler Lake</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fife_Lake_(Michigan)" title="Fife Lake (Michigan)">Fife Lake</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rivers">Rivers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Rivers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boardman_River" title="Boardman River">Boardman River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Rapid_River_(Michigan)" title="Little Rapid River (Michigan)">Little Rapid River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manistee_River" title="Manistee River">Manistee River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_River_(Kalkaska_County,_Michigan)" title="Rapid River (Kalkaska County, Michigan)">Rapid River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torch_River_(Michigan)" title="Torch River (Michigan)">Torch River</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/US_131.svg/30px-US_131.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/US_131.svg/45px-US_131.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/US_131.svg/60px-US_131.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_131" title="U.S. Route 131">US 131</a> – runs NE through the western part of the county. Enters at 4 miles (6.4 km) north of SW corner; exits into <a href="/wiki/Antrim_County,_Michigan" title="Antrim County, Michigan">Antrim County</a> near midpoint of north county line.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/M-66.svg/24px-M-66.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/M-66.svg/36px-M-66.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/M-66.svg/48px-M-66.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M-66_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-66 (Michigan highway)">M-66</a> – runs north–south through west-central part of county. Passes Kalkaska.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/M-72.svg/24px-M-72.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/M-72.svg/36px-M-72.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/M-72.svg/48px-M-72.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M-72_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-72 (Michigan highway)">M-72</a> – runs east and ESE through middle portion of county. Passes Kalkaska.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antrim_County,_Michigan" title="Antrim County, Michigan">Antrim County</a> – north</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otsego_County,_Michigan" title="Otsego County, Michigan">Otsego County</a> – northeast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Michigan" title="Crawford County, Michigan">Crawford County</a> – east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roscommon_County,_Michigan" title="Roscommon County, Michigan">Roscommon County</a> – southeast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missaukee_County,_Michigan" title="Missaukee County, Michigan">Missaukee County</a> – south</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wexford_County,_Michigan" title="Wexford County, Michigan">Wexford County</a> – southwest</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Traverse_County,_Michigan" title="Grand Traverse County, Michigan">Grand Traverse County</a> – west</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalkaska_County,_MI_census_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Kalkaska_County%2C_MI_census_map.png/400px-Kalkaska_County%2C_MI_census_map.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="400" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Kalkaska_County%2C_MI_census_map.png/600px-Kalkaska_County%2C_MI_census_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Kalkaska_County%2C_MI_census_map.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Census">U.S. Census</a> data map showing local municipal boundaries within Kalkaska County</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Village">Village</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Village"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kalkaska,_Michigan" title="Kalkaska, Michigan">Kalkaska</a> (county seat)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_townships">Civil townships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Civil townships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Lake_Township,_Kalkaska_County,_Michigan" title="Bear Lake Township, Kalkaska County, Michigan">Bear Lake Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Lake_Township,_Kalkaska_County,_Michigan" title="Blue Lake Township, Kalkaska County, Michigan">Blue Lake Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boardman_Township,_Michigan" title="Boardman Township, Michigan">Boardman Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clearwater_Township,_Michigan" title="Clearwater Township, Michigan">Clearwater Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coldsprings_Township,_Michigan" title="Coldsprings Township, Michigan">Coldsprings Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Excelsior_Township,_Michigan" title="Excelsior Township, Michigan">Excelsior Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garfield_Township,_Kalkaska_County,_Michigan" title="Garfield Township, Kalkaska County, Michigan">Garfield Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalkaska_Township,_Michigan" title="Kalkaska Township, Michigan">Kalkaska Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Township,_Kalkaska_County,_Michigan" title="Oliver Township, Kalkaska County, Michigan">Oliver Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Township,_Kalkaska_County,_Michigan" title="Orange Township, Kalkaska County, Michigan">Orange Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_River_Township,_Michigan" title="Rapid River Township, Michigan">Rapid River Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield_Township,_Kalkaska_County,_Michigan" title="Springfield Township, Kalkaska County, Michigan">Springfield Township</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_townships">Former townships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Former townships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glade_Township,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Glade Township, Michigan">Glade Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Township,_Kalkaska_County,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilson Township, Kalkaska County, Michigan">Wilson Township</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census-designated_places">Census-designated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Census-designated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Lake,_Kalkaska_County,_Michigan" title="Bear Lake, Kalkaska County, Michigan">Bear Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manistee_Lake,_Michigan" title="Manistee Lake, Michigan">Manistee Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_City,_Michigan" title="Rapid City, Michigan">Rapid City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Boardman,_Michigan" title="South Boardman, Michigan">South Boardman</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unincorporated_communities">Unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barker_Creek,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Barker Creek, Michigan">Barker Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crofton,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Crofton, Michigan">Crofton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darragh,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Darragh, Michigan">Darragh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houseman,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Houseman, Michigan">Houseman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leetsville,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Leetsville, Michigan">Leetsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lodi,_Kalkaska_County,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Lodi, Kalkaska County, Michigan">Lodi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigma,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sigma, Michigan">Sigma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Spencer, Michigan">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torch_River,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Torch River, Michigan">Torch River</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>424</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>2,937</td><td></td><td>592.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>5,160</td><td></td><td>75.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>7,133</td><td></td><td>38.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>8,097</td><td></td><td>13.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>5,577</td><td></td><td>−31.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>3,799</td><td></td><td>−31.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>5,159</td><td></td><td>35.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>4,597</td><td></td><td>−10.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>4,382</td><td></td><td>−4.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>5,272</td><td></td><td>20.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>10,952</td><td></td><td>107.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>13,497</td><td></td><td>23.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>16,571</td><td></td><td>22.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>17,153</td><td></td><td>3.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>17,939</td><td></td><td>4.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">18,490</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2023_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2023-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>3.1%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">US Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790-1960<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900-1990<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990-2000<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010-2018<sup id="cite_ref-QF_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 United States census</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there were 16,571 people, 6,428 households, and 4,634 families residing in the county. The population density was 30 inhabitants per square mile (12/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 10,822 housing units at an average density of 19 per square mile (7.3/km<sup>2</sup>). By the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, its population was 17,939. </p><p>In 2010, the racial makeup of the county was 98.44% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a>, 0.21% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 0.78% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Native American</a>, 0.22% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a>, 0.05% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.10% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, 0.86% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race. 24.6% were of <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">German</a>, 12.4% <a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a>, 10.4% <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a>, 10.0% <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a>, 6.3% <a href="/wiki/Polish_people" title="Polish people">Polish</a> and 5.1% <a href="/wiki/French_people" title="French people">French</a> ancestry. 98.8% spoke English as their first language. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kalkaska County voters have been reliably Republican from the start. They have selected the Republican Party nominee in 86% of national elections (31 of 36). </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Kalkaska County, Michigan<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="2024 United States presidential election in Michigan">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,149 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>70.68%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,206 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27.81% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">174 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="2020 United States presidential election in Michigan">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,436 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>69.95%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,002 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">28.24% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">193 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.82% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="2016 United States presidential election in Michigan">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,116 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>69.24%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,280 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25.81% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">437 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.95% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="2012 United States presidential election in Michigan">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,901 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>59.06%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,272 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.43% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">126 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.52% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="2008 United States presidential election in Michigan">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,527 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.27%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,780 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44.48% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">192 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="2004 United States presidential election in Michigan">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,084 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.67%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,189 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.05% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">107 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="2000 United States presidential election in Michigan">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,842 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.10%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,774 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.50% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">233 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1996 United States presidential election in Michigan">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,455 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.28% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,666 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>43.74%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">974 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1992 United States presidential election in Michigan">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,173 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.82% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,297 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>35.75%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,956 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">30.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1988 United States presidential election in Michigan">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,369 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.21%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,092 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.01% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">43 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.78% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1984 United States presidential election in Michigan">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,623 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>69.15%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,595 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">30.44% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">21 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1980 United States presidential election in Michigan">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,802 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.42%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,807 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.39% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">357 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1976 United States presidential election in Michigan">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,280 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.13%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,957 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.61% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">54 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1972 United States presidential election in Michigan">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,855 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>64.39%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">924 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32.07% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">102 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.54% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1968 United States presidential election in Michigan">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,190 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.29%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">753 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.72% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">290 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">12.99% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1964 United States presidential election in Michigan">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">861 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.31% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,220 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>58.54%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1960 United States presidential election in Michigan">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,341 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>65.77%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">693 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.99% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.25% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1956 United States presidential election in Michigan">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,443 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>69.11%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">636 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">30.46% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1952 United States presidential election in Michigan">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,326 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>72.74%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">483 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">26.49% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.77% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1948 United States presidential election in Michigan">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">837 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>65.54%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">400 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31.32% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">40 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1944 United States presidential election in Michigan">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">992 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>70.25%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">409 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">28.97% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.78% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1940 United States presidential election in Michigan">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,155 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.27%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">718 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.09% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.64% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1936 United States presidential election in Michigan">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">855 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.72% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">952 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.91%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">63 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.37% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1932 United States presidential election in Michigan">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">705 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>47.47%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">649 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.70% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">131 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.82% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1928 United States presidential election in Michigan">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">988 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>84.59%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">160 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">13.70% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">20 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1924 United States presidential election in Michigan">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">966 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>70.46%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">205 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">14.95% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">200 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">14.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1920 United States presidential election in Michigan">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">890 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>73.19%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">224 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">18.42% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">102 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.39% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1916 United States presidential election in Michigan">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">724 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.46%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">430 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.13% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">106 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#C97979"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1912 United States presidential election in Michigan">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">448 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32.28% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">293 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">21.11% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">647 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;"><b>46.61%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1908 United States presidential election in Michigan">1908</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,153 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>69.33%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">356 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">21.41% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">154 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1904 United States presidential election in Michigan">1904</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,354 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>83.89%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">184 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11.40% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">76 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1900 United States presidential election in Michigan">1900</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,312 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>75.45%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">361 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">20.76% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">66 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.80% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1896 United States presidential election in Michigan">1896</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">940 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>66.38%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">422 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">29.80% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">54 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.81% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1892 United States presidential election in Michigan">1892</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">717 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>59.45%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">389 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32.26% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">100 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1888 United States presidential election in Michigan">1888</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">798 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.34%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">400 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31.25% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">82 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="1884 United States presidential election in Michigan">1884</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">630 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.93%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">369 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.69% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">35 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.38% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The county government operates the <a href="/wiki/County_jail" class="mw-redirect" title="County jail">jail</a>, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, records deeds, mortgages, and <a href="/wiki/Vital_records" class="mw-redirect" title="Vital records">vital records</a>, administers <a href="/wiki/Public_health" title="Public health">public health</a> regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of social services. The <a href="/wiki/County_commission" title="County commission">county board of commissioners</a> controls the budget and has 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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Trout_Festival" title="National Trout Festival">National Trout Festival</a> is an annual festival since 1936, held in April. It notes the heritage and sportsmanship of Kalkaska.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Educational_Services" title="Northwest Educational Services">Northwest Educational Services</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Traverse_City,_Michigan" title="Traverse City, Michigan">Traverse City</a>, services the students in the county along with those of <a href="/wiki/Antrim_County,_Michigan" title="Antrim County, Michigan">Antrim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benzie_County,_Michigan" title="Benzie County, Michigan">Benzie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grand_Traverse_County,_Michigan" title="Grand Traverse County, Michigan">Grand Traverse</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Leelanau_County,_Michigan" title="Leelanau County, Michigan">Leelanau</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Intermediate_school_district" title="Intermediate school district">intermediate school district</a> offers regional <a href="/wiki/Special_education" title="Special education">special education</a> services, <a href="/wiki/Early_childhood_education" title="Early childhood education">early education</a> and <a href="/wiki/English_as_a_second_or_foreign_language" title="English as a second or foreign language">English learner</a> programs, and <a href="/wiki/Vocational_school" title="Vocational school">technical career</a> pathways for students of its districts.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kalkaska County is served by the following regular <a href="/wiki/Public_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Education">public</a> <a href="/wiki/School_district" title="School district">school districts</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Excelsior_Township_School_District_1" title="Excelsior Township School District 1">Excelsior Township School District #1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Forest_Area_Community_Schools&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Forest Area Community Schools (page does not exist)">Forest Area Community Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalkaska_Public_Schools" title="Kalkaska Public Schools">Kalkaska Public Schools</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Michigan_State_Historic_Sites_in_Kalkaska_County,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Kalkaska County, Michigan">List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Kalkaska County, Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westwood_Cemetery_(Michigan)" title="Westwood Cemetery (Michigan)">Westwood Cemetery (Michigan)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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History of Kalkaska County MI</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalkaska_County,_Michigan&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kalkaskacounty.net">Official website</a></span></span></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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title="Springfield Township, Kalkaska County, Michigan">Springfield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Lake,_Kalkaska_County,_Michigan" title="Bear Lake, Kalkaska County, Michigan">Bear Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manistee_Lake,_Michigan" title="Manistee Lake, Michigan">Manistee Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_City,_Michigan" title="Rapid City, Michigan">Rapid City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Boardman,_Michigan" title="South Boardman, Michigan">South Boardman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Other<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clearwater_Township,_Michigan#Communities" title="Clearwater Township, Michigan">Barker Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boardman_Township,_Michigan#Communities" title="Boardman Township, Michigan">Crofton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coldsprings_Township,_Michigan#Communities" title="Coldsprings Township, Michigan">Darragh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houseman,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Houseman, Michigan">Houseman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leetsville,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Leetsville, Michigan">Leetsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Township,_Kalkaska_County,_Michigan#Communities" title="Orange Township, Kalkaska County, Michigan">Lodi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigma,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sigma, Michigan">Sigma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Township,_Kalkaska_County,_Michigan#Communities" title="Orange Township, Kalkaska County, Michigan">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clearwater_Township,_Michigan#Communities" title="Clearwater Township, Michigan">Torch River</a>‡</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Michigan_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Michigan (state)"><span>Michigan portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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Michigan">Manistee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missaukee_County,_Michigan" title="Missaukee County, Michigan">Missaukee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montmorency_County,_Michigan" title="Montmorency County, Michigan">Montmorency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogemaw_County,_Michigan" title="Ogemaw County, Michigan">Ogemaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osceola_County,_Michigan" title="Osceola County, Michigan">Osceola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscoda_County,_Michigan" title="Oscoda County, Michigan">Oscoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otsego_County,_Michigan" title="Otsego County, Michigan">Otsego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presque_Isle_County,_Michigan" title="Presque Isle County, Michigan">Presque Isle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roscommon_County,_Michigan" title="Roscommon County, Michigan">Roscommon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wexford_County,_Michigan" title="Wexford County, Michigan">Wexford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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title="Demographics of Michigan">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Economy of Michigan">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Education in Michigan">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Michigan" title="Elections in Michigan">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Michigan">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Michigan">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Michigan" title="Gun laws in Michigan">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Michigan" title="Politics of Michigan">Politics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Michigan" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan" title="Upper Peninsula of Michigan">Upper Peninsula</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Copper_Country" title="Copper Country">Copper Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gogebic_Range" title="Gogebic Range">Gogebic Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keweenaw_Peninsula" title="Keweenaw Peninsula">Keweenaw Peninsula</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lower_Peninsula_of_Michigan" title="Lower Peninsula of Michigan">Lower Peninsula</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan" title="Central Michigan">Central Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metro_Detroit" title="Metro Detroit">Metro Detroit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michiana" title="Michiana">Michiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Michigan" title="Northern Michigan">Northern Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Michigan" title="Southeast Michigan">Southeast Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Thumb" title="The Thumb">The Thumb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Michigan" title="West Michigan">West Michigan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Michigan" title="List of municipalities in Michigan">Largest <br /> municipalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan" title="Ann Arbor, Michigan">Ann Arbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_Creek,_Michigan" title="Battle Creek, Michigan">Battle Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomfield_Township,_Oakland_County,_Michigan" title="Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan">Bloomfield Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton,_Michigan" title="Canton, Michigan">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_Township,_Michigan" title="Chesterfield Township, Michigan">Chesterfield Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_Township,_Macomb_County,_Michigan" title="Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan">Clinton Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commerce_Township,_Michigan" title="Commerce Township, Michigan">Commerce Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dearborn,_Michigan" title="Dearborn, Michigan">Dearborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dearborn_Heights,_Michigan" title="Dearborn Heights, Michigan">Dearborn Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Lansing,_Michigan" title="East Lansing, Michigan">East Lansing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmington_Hills,_Michigan" title="Farmington Hills, Michigan">Farmington Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan">Flint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_Township,_Michigan" title="Georgetown Township, Michigan">Georgetown Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Blanc_Township,_Michigan" title="Grand Blanc Township, Michigan">Grand Blanc Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan" title="Grand Rapids, Michigan">Grand Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holland_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Holland Charter Township, Michigan">Holland Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence_Township,_Michigan" title="Independence Township, Michigan">Independence Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo,_Michigan" title="Kalamazoo, Michigan">Kalamazoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentwood,_Michigan" title="Kentwood, Michigan">Kentwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lansing,_Michigan" title="Lansing, Michigan">Lansing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Park,_Michigan" title="Lincoln Park, Michigan">Lincoln Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livonia,_Michigan" title="Livonia, Michigan">Livonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macomb_Township,_Michigan" title="Macomb Township, Michigan">Macomb Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meridian_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Meridian Charter Township, Michigan">Meridian Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland,_Michigan" title="Midland, Michigan">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muskegon,_Michigan" title="Muskegon, Michigan">Muskegon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novi,_Michigan" title="Novi, Michigan">Novi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orion_Township,_Michigan" title="Orion Township, Michigan">Orion Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsfield_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Pittsfield Charter Township, Michigan">Pittsfield Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Michigan" title="Pontiac, Michigan">Pontiac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portage,_Michigan" title="Portage, Michigan">Portage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redford,_Michigan" title="Redford, Michigan">Redford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Hills,_Michigan" title="Rochester Hills, Michigan">Rochester Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roseville,_Michigan" title="Roseville, Michigan">Roseville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Oak,_Michigan" title="Royal Oak, Michigan">Royal Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saginaw,_Michigan" title="Saginaw, Michigan">Saginaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saginaw_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Saginaw Charter Township, Michigan">Saginaw Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_Shores,_Michigan" title="St. Clair Shores, Michigan">St. Clair Shores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Shelby Charter Township, Michigan">Shelby Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southfield,_Michigan" title="Southfield, Michigan">Southfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_Heights,_Michigan" title="Sterling Heights, Michigan">Sterling Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor,_Michigan" title="Taylor, Michigan">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy,_Michigan" title="Troy, Michigan">Troy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren,_Michigan" title="Warren, Michigan">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterford_Township,_Michigan" title="Waterford Township, Michigan">Waterford Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bloomfield_Township,_Michigan" title="West Bloomfield Township, Michigan">West Bloomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland,_Michigan" title="Westland, Michigan">Westland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming,_Michigan" title="Wyoming, Michigan">Wyoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ypsilanti_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Ypsilanti Charter Township, Michigan">Ypsilanti Township</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Michigan" title="List of counties in Michigan">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alcona_County,_Michigan" title="Alcona County, Michigan">Alcona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alger_County,_Michigan" title="Alger County, Michigan">Alger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegan_County,_Michigan" title="Allegan County, Michigan">Allegan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpena_County,_Michigan" title="Alpena County, Michigan">Alpena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antrim_County,_Michigan" title="Antrim County, Michigan">Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arenac_County,_Michigan" title="Arenac County, Michigan">Arenac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baraga_County,_Michigan" title="Baraga County, Michigan">Baraga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_County,_Michigan" title="Barry County, Michigan">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_County,_Michigan" title="Bay County, Michigan">Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benzie_County,_Michigan" title="Benzie County, Michigan">Benzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berrien_County,_Michigan" title="Berrien County, Michigan">Berrien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branch_County,_Michigan" title="Branch County, Michigan">Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Michigan" title="Calhoun County, Michigan">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Michigan" title="Cass County, Michigan">Cass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlevoix_County,_Michigan" title="Charlevoix County, Michigan">Charlevoix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheboygan_County,_Michigan" title="Cheboygan County, Michigan">Cheboygan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chippewa_County,_Michigan" title="Chippewa County, Michigan">Chippewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clare_County,_Michigan" title="Clare County, Michigan">Clare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Michigan" title="Clinton County, Michigan">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Michigan" title="Crawford County, Michigan">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_County,_Michigan" title="Delta County, Michigan">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickinson_County,_Michigan" title="Dickinson County, Michigan">Dickinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaton_County,_Michigan" title="Eaton County, Michigan">Eaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmet_County,_Michigan" title="Emmet County, Michigan">Emmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genesee_County,_Michigan" title="Genesee County, Michigan">Genesee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladwin_County,_Michigan" title="Gladwin County, Michigan">Gladwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gogebic_County,_Michigan" title="Gogebic County, Michigan">Gogebic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Traverse_County,_Michigan" title="Grand Traverse County, Michigan">Grand Traverse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gratiot_County,_Michigan" title="Gratiot County, Michigan">Gratiot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsdale_County,_Michigan" title="Hillsdale County, Michigan">Hillsdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houghton_County,_Michigan" title="Houghton County, Michigan">Houghton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huron_County,_Michigan" title="Huron County, Michigan">Huron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingham_County,_Michigan" title="Ingham County, Michigan">Ingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ionia_County,_Michigan" title="Ionia County, Michigan">Ionia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iosco_County,_Michigan" title="Iosco County, Michigan">Iosco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_County,_Michigan" title="Iron County, Michigan">Iron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabella_County,_Michigan" title="Isabella County, Michigan">Isabella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Michigan" title="Jackson County, Michigan">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo_County,_Michigan" title="Kalamazoo County, Michigan">Kalamazoo</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kalkaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_County,_Michigan" title="Kent County, Michigan">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keweenaw_County,_Michigan" title="Keweenaw County, Michigan">Keweenaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Michigan" title="Lake County, Michigan">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapeer_County,_Michigan" title="Lapeer County, Michigan">Lapeer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leelanau_County,_Michigan" title="Leelanau County, Michigan">Leelanau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenawee_County,_Michigan" title="Lenawee County, Michigan">Lenawee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingston_County,_Michigan" title="Livingston County, Michigan">Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luce_County,_Michigan" title="Luce County, Michigan">Luce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackinac_County,_Michigan" title="Mackinac County, Michigan">Mackinac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macomb_County,_Michigan" title="Macomb County, Michigan">Macomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manistee_County,_Michigan" title="Manistee County, Michigan">Manistee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marquette_County,_Michigan" title="Marquette County, Michigan">Marquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Michigan" title="Mason County, Michigan">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecosta_County,_Michigan" title="Mecosta County, Michigan">Mecosta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menominee_County,_Michigan" title="Menominee County, Michigan">Menominee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_County,_Michigan" title="Midland County, Michigan">Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missaukee_County,_Michigan" title="Missaukee County, Michigan">Missaukee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Michigan" title="Monroe County, Michigan">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montcalm_County,_Michigan" title="Montcalm County, Michigan">Montcalm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montmorency_County,_Michigan" title="Montmorency County, Michigan">Montmorency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muskegon_County,_Michigan" title="Muskegon County, Michigan">Muskegon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newaygo_County,_Michigan" title="Newaygo County, Michigan">Newaygo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_County,_Michigan" title="Oakland County, Michigan">Oakland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceana_County,_Michigan" title="Oceana County, Michigan">Oceana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogemaw_County,_Michigan" title="Ogemaw County, Michigan">Ogemaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ontonagon_County,_Michigan" title="Ontonagon County, Michigan">Ontonagon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osceola_County,_Michigan" title="Osceola County, Michigan">Osceola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscoda_County,_Michigan" title="Oscoda County, Michigan">Oscoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otsego_County,_Michigan" title="Otsego County, Michigan">Otsego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_County,_Michigan" title="Ottawa County, Michigan">Ottawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presque_Isle_County,_Michigan" title="Presque Isle County, Michigan">Presque Isle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roscommon_County,_Michigan" title="Roscommon County, Michigan">Roscommon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saginaw_County,_Michigan" title="Saginaw County, Michigan">Saginaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanilac_County,_Michigan" title="Sanilac County, Michigan">Sanilac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schoolcraft_County,_Michigan" title="Schoolcraft County, Michigan">Schoolcraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiawassee_County,_Michigan" title="Shiawassee County, Michigan">Shiawassee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Michigan" title="St. Clair County, Michigan">St. Clair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Joseph_County,_Michigan" title="St. Joseph County, Michigan">St. Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuscola_County,_Michigan" title="Tuscola County, Michigan">Tuscola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Buren_County,_Michigan" title="Van Buren County, Michigan">Van Buren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washtenaw_County,_Michigan" title="Washtenaw County, Michigan">Washtenaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_County,_Michigan" title="Wayne County, Michigan">Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wexford_County,_Michigan" title="Wexford County, Michigan">Wexford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/32px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/48px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/64px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="457" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Michigan" title="Portal:Michigan">Michigan 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