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Charlevoix County, Michigan

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
26historic places
—earliest paper
1840formed
26,054pop. 2020
34cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 26 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Charlevoix, St. James, Boyne City.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Michigan is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Charlevoix titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

9 of 26 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

26 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Beaver Island Light StationSt. JamesBuilding1978
Beaver Island Light Station (Additional Documentation)St. JamesDistrict1978
Boyne City Central Historic DistrictBoyne CityDistrict2012
Boyne City Water Works BuildingBoyne CityBuilding1998
Charlevoix Central Historic DistrictCharlevoixDistrict2025
Charlevoix City Park SiteCharlevoixSite1972
Charlevoiz South Pierhead LightCharlevoixStructure2005
Chicago and West Michigan Railroad Charlevoix StationCharlevoixBuilding1995
East Jordan Lumber Company Store BuildingEast JordanBuilding2008
Garden Island Indian CemeteryCharlevoixSite1978
Greensky Hill MissionCharlevoixBuilding1972
Horton Bary SchoolBay TownshipBuilding2001
Horton Bay General StoreHorton BayBuilding1991
Horton Bay House-Red Fox InnHorton BayBuilding1995
Loeb Farms Barn ComplexCharlevoixBuilding1995
Mormon Print ShopSt. JamesBuilding1971
Mt. McSauba SiteCharlevoixSite1976
O'Neill SiteCharlevoixSite1971
Pewangoing QuarryNorwood TownshipSite1972
Pi-wan-go-ning Prehistoric DistrictNorwoodDistrict1973
Pine River SiteCharlevoixSite1972
Porter, John J. and Eva Reynier, EstateSouth Arm TownshipDistrict1998
Protar, Feodar, CabinSt. JamesBuilding1972
Votruba BlockEast JordanBuilding2008
Wolverine HotelBoyne CityBuilding1986
Wood SiteCharlevoixSite1976

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Charlevoix was formed in 1840 (1840-04-01) from Michilimackinac.

KESKKAUKO (now CHARLEVOIX) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Charlevoix County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

26k14k1,7241870188019201950196020002020
1870188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,7245,11513,95615,78813,03113,47513,42119,90726,09026,054

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

34 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 34 of 34 listed
NameLatLon
Advance Cemetery45.22639-85.08616
Barnard Cemetery45.25027-85.29888
Boyne Valley Cemetery45.17417-84.91171
Brookside Cemetery45.30055-85.26145
Chandler Cemetery45.23917-84.75364
Duncan Cemetery45.27695-84.93588
Dunkard Cemetery45.27737-84.93619
Dyer Cemetery45.28139-85.05561
Evangeline Cemetery45.24083-85.01894
Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery45.30047-85.2616
Greensky Indian Cemetery45.32805-85.18555
Holy Cross Cemetery45.72777-85.52305
Horton Bay Cemetery45.29139-85.08339
Howard Cemetery45.21722-84.83643
Hudson Cemetery45.16139-84.75559
Indian Cemetery45.80361-85.50722
Indian Cemetery45.80347-85.50691
Jones Cemetery45.13694-85.16006
Knop Cemetery45.17611-85.07005
Lakeside Cemetery45.19278-85.16422
Lewis Cemetery45.15383-85.02895
Maple Hill Cemetery45.28028-84.92727
Maple Lawn Cemetery45.20694-85.00222
North Bay Cemetery45.32083-85.06588
Norwood Cemetery45.2211-85.38055
Okiron Cemetery45.18278-84.90143
Saint Augustine Cemetery45.17639-84.91004
Saint James Township Cemetery45.75082-85.51508
Saint Joseph Calvary Cemetery45.16347-85.11616
Saint Marys Cemetery45.30083-85.25617
Sunset Hill Cemetery45.16534-85.13078
Todds Cemetery45.1338-85.05474
Undine Cemetery45.28583-85.12283
Wilson Cemetery45.20444-85.02394

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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