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Emmet County, Michigan

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52historic places

—earliest paper

1840formed

34,112pop. 2020

34cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 52 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 3 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Petoskey, Harbor Springs, Mackinaw City.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

42 of 52 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

52 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Allen, J. B., House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Bartram, Isaac, House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Bay View NHL	Petoskey	District	1972
Blackbird, Chief Andrew J., House	Harbor Springs	Building	1972
Carmichael, W. S., House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Station	Petoskey	Building	1970
Debenham, I. N., House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Douglas, James and Jean, House	Friendship Township	Building	2016
East Mitchell Street Historic District	Petoskey	District	1986
Fochtman, Gerhard, House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Fort Michilimackinac NHL	Mackinaw City	Site	1966
Fourth Ward Polling Place	Petoskey	Building	1986
Fryman, Meyer, House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church	Petoskey	Building	1986
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Harbor Springs Depot	Harbor Springs	Building	2000
Grays Reef Light Station	Bliss Township	Structure	2005
Hemingway, Ernest, Cottage NHL	Walloon Lake	Building	1968
Hobbins, Bert and John, House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Hosman and Wheeler Meat Market	Petoskey	Building	1986
Kabler, John, House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Lesher, Frank, House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Malin, A., House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Markle, George and Eugene, House	Petoskey	Building	1986
McManus, George, House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Meyers, Elias, House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Miller, Jacob, House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Mineral Well Park	Petoskey	Structure	1987
Nyman, John, House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Olin, G. W., House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Pennington, Sarah, House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Petoskey Downtown Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Petoskey	District	1986
Petoskey Grocery Company Building	Petoskey	Building	1986
Petoskey Public Works Utility Building	Petoskey	Building	1986
Ponshewaing Point Site	Ponshewaing	Site	1972
Rehkopf, Phillip, House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Saint Ignatius Church and Cemetery	Readmond Township	District	2007
Schantz, George, House and Store	Petoskey	Building	1986
Schapler, Frank, House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Seventh Day Adventist Church	Petoskey	Building	1986
Shafer's Grocery and Residence	Petoskey	Building	1986
Shay Complex	Harbor Springs	Building	1972
Skillagalee Light Station	Cross Village	Structure	1984
St. Francis Solanus Mission	Petoskey	Building	1972
Stout House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Trinity Evangelical Church	Petoskey	Building	1986
VanZolenburg, Jacob, House	Petoskey	Building	1986
Waugoshance Light Station	Waugoshance Island	Building	1983
Wells, J. M., House	Petoskey	Building	1986
West Mitchell Street Bridge	Petoskey	Structure	1986
White Shoal Light Station	Mackinaw City	Building	1984
Wycamp Creek Site	Levering	Site	1971
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church	Petoskey	Building	1986

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

TONEDAGANA (now EMMET) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Emmet County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,149	6,639	15,931	15,639	15,791	16,534	15,904	22,992	31,437	34,112

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

Name	Lat	Lon
Alanson Cemetery	45.45082	-84.79583
Ayr Cemetery	45.5075	-84.85282
Bear Creek Cemetery	45.39999	-84.86111
Beran Baptist Cemetery	45.5511	-85.09777
Bliss Township Cemetery	45.68084	-84.88283
Conway Cemetery	45.43584	-84.8631
Cross Village Cemetery	45.63982	-85.01791
Curtis Cemetery	45.37361	-84.77059
Emmet County Poor Farm Cemetery	45.46666	-84.78333
Frienship Township Cemetery	45.5075	-85.03672
Greenwood Cemetery	45.60355	-84.88539
Greenwood Cemetery	45.36555	-84.97777
Holy Childhood Indian Cemetery	45.42907	-84.99103
Holy Cross Cemetery	45.63982	-85.01709
Indian Cemetery	45.63332	-85.02638
Indian Cemetery	45.35638	-85.09222
Island View Cemetery	45.59399	-85.09369
Joy Valley Cemetery	45.31889	-84.8192
Lakeview Cemetery	45.44028	-84.99838
Lakeview Cemetery	45.78167	-84.75532
Levering and Carp Lake Cemetery	45.66556	-84.80255
Mackinaw City Bible Church Cemetery	45.78239	-84.73711
Maple River Cemetery	45.50695	-84.79282
McKinley Township Cemetery	45.56226	-84.78346
Mennonite Cemetery	45.49388	-84.80166
Pleasant View Cemetery	45.50056	-84.91338
Readmond Township Cemetery	45.60194	-85.03728
Sacramentine Monastery Cemetery	45.4111	-84.86333
Saint Clement Catholic Cemetery	45.56107	-84.7834
Saint Francis Cemetery	45.37063	-84.97992
Saint Francis Solanus Cemetery	45.37525	-84.96728
Saint Ignatius' Catholic Chuch Cemetery	45.55138	-85.11555
Saint Nichols Cemetery	45.59278	-84.94116
Starr Cemetery	45.50749	-84.97472

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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