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Genesee County, Michigan

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
71historic places
—earliest paper
1835formed
406,211pop. 2020
68cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 71 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Flint, Fenton, Linden.

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

58 of 71 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

71 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Aitkan, Robert, Farm HouseFlintBuilding1982
ApplewoodFlintBuilding1979
Atlas Grange HallAtlasBuilding1982
Bangs, Benjamin, HouseFentonBuilding1982
Barn at 4277 Irish RoadDavisonBuilding1982
Beach-Garland Street-Flint River BridgeFlintStructure1999
Berridge HotelFlintBuilding2008
Bird/Boyd Farm HouseByronBuilding1982
Bloss, Frank D., and Sons Farm HouseSwartz CreekBuilding1982
Bridge Street-Broad Street Historic DistrictLindenDistrict1982
Buck, Jesse H., Farm HouseSwartz CreekBuilding1982
Capitol Theatre BuildingFlintBuilding1985
Carmer, William, HouseOrtonvilleBuilding1982
Church, Volney-Carlos B. Shotwell HouseFentonBuilding1982
City of Flint Municipal CenterFlintDistrict2019
Civic Park Historic DistrictFlintDistrict1979
Clio DepotClioBuilding1983
Colwell, David B., HouseFentonBuilding1982
Coolidge, Calvin, Elementary SchoolFlintBuilding2018
Dibbleville-Fentonville Historic DistrictFentonDistrict1982
Durant-Dort Carriage Company Office NHLFlintBuilding1975
Elks Lodge BuildingFlintBuilding1978
Fenton Railroad DepotFentonBuilding1983
First Baptist Church of Grand BlancGrand BlancBuilding1983
First National Bank and Trust Company BuildingFlintBuilding2007
Flint Journal BuildingFlintBuilding2013
Genesee Avenue-Walker Street Historic DistrictGainesDistrict1983
Genesee County Courthouse and JailFlintBuilding1990
Genesee County Savings Bank BuildingFlintBuilding2017
Gilbert, Horace/Morgan and Enos Miller HouseSwartz CreekBuilding1982
Glenwood CemeteryFlintDistrict2010
Green, Alanson, Farm HouseGoodrichBuilding1982
Hegel Road Historic DistrictGoodrichDistrict1982
Hinckley, Col. J., HouseFentonBuilding1982
Hotel DurantFlintBuilding2009
House at 10410 Stanley RoadFlushingBuilding1982
House at 1339 Cummings RoadDavisonBuilding1982
House at 4305 South Linden RoadFlintBuilding1982
House at 4344 Frances RoadClioBuilding1982
House at 5556 Flushing RoadFlushingBuilding1982
House at 6112 Carpenter RoadFlintBuilding1982
House at 7066 Lobdell RoadLindenBuilding1982
Industrial Savings Bank BuildingFlintBuilding1984
Jennings, H.N., HouseFentonBuilding1982
Johnson, Abner C., HouseFlintBuilding1987
Knight, Morris A., HouseFlintBuilding1982
Linden MillLindenBuilding1972
Main Street Historic DistrictFlushingDistrict1983
Marian HallFlintBuilding2025
Mauk & Hammer/Houghton ElevatorClioBuilding1982
McAra, John, HouseDavisonBuilding1982
McCaslin, William Henry and Lucinda, Farm HouseLindenBuilding1982
McClew, Alexander, Farm HouseMillingtonBuilding1982
Middlesworth, Isaac R., Farm HouseByronBuilding1982
Murray, James H., HouseLindenBuilding1982
O'Sullivan, Daniel, House/Halfway HouseFlushingBuilding1982
Parker and Dunstan Hardware/Dr. E. D. Lewis BuildingOtisvilleBuilding1982
Paterson, William A., Factory ComplexFlintBuilding1984
Superintendent's CottageFlintBuilding1975
Swayze ApartmentsFlintBuilding2015
Swayze, E. S., Drugstore/Otisville Mason Lodge No. 401OtisvilleBuilding1982
Thayer, H. Elmer, HouseFlintBuilding1982
Tinker, Harry C., HouseClioBuilding1982
Tinlinn ApartmentsFlintBuilding2008
Trump, Edwin, HouseFentonBuilding1982
United States Post OfficeFlintBuilding2013
Van Buskirk, John, Farm HouseDavisonBuilding1983
Vermont House and Fenton Grain ElevatorFentonDistrict1980
West Second Street-Swartz Creek BridgeFlintStructure1999
West Vienna United Methodist ChurchClioBuilding1983
Whaley, Robert J., HouseFlintBuilding1980

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Genesee was formed in 1835 (1835-03-28) from Lapeer, Saginaw, Shiawassee.

GENESEE created by Michigan Territory from LAPEER, SAGINAW, and SHIAWASSEE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Genesee County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

450k227k4,2681840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,26822,49839,22041,804125,668227,944270,963374,313450,449436,141406,211

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

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

Cemeteries — 68 of 68 listed
NameLatLon
Argentine Cemetery42.79724-83.83689
Assyrian Cemetery43.05823-83.65191
Atherton Cemetery42.85555-83.88055
Atlas Township Cemetery42.93633-83.53552
Aventine Cemetery43.02765-83.68113
Avondale Cemetery43.02933-83.6813
Bendle Cemetery43.02919-83.86607
Bethel Cemetery43.1186-83.69888
Bristol Cemetery42.97391-83.73051
Calvary Cemetery43.11224-83.68995
Chippewa Nation Indian Cemetery42.9375-83.86074
Cottage Cemetery43.12071-83.54847
Crestwood Memorial Cemetery42.94085-83.67217
Cronk Cemetery43.03057-83.79801
Dart Family Cemetery42.91379-83.83623
Davison Cemetery43.04815-83.51386
Eastwood Colonial Memorial Gardens43.05217-83.51592
Evergreen Cemetery42.94729-83.6352
Fairview Cemetery42.81502-83.77245
Fenton Township Cemetery42.79027-83.71361
Flint City Cemetery43.04363-83.77634
Flint Memorial Park43.14557-83.68384
Flint River Cemetery43.11163-83.47972
Flushing Cemetery43.06666-83.84222
Gage Cemetery42.85697-83.69614
Genesee Township Cemetery43.10556-83.66787
Glenwood Cemetery43.00813-83.72182
Goodrich Cemetery42.92062-83.50645
Gracelawn Cemetery43.06672-83.69104
Hill Road Cemetery42.94332-83.75055
Horton Cemetery42.88502-83.533
Long Lake Landing Cemetery42.85888-83.72138
Lovedale Memorial Cemetery42.97657-83.60613
Machpelah Cemetery43.05756-83.65184
Maple Cemetery42.9445-83.63892
Martin Odell Cemetery42.85918-83.77411
Montrose Cemetery43.17724-83.86968
Mount Hope Cemetery42.89891-83.75217
Mount Morris Cemetery43.1186-83.7
New Calvary Catholic Cemetery43.03585-83.7569
O'dell Cemetery42.88555-83.72444
Oakwood Cemetery42.78875-83.71293
Oakwood Cemetery42.8717-83.9175
Oakwood Cemetery42.91217-83.60252
Oakwood Cemetery43.12062-83.6334
Old Calvary Catholic Cemetery43.01919-83.73218
Perry - McFarlen Cemetery42.92612-83.61191
Pierce Cemetery42.88457-83.77772
Pine Grove Historical Cemetery42.97446-83.51217
Pine Run Cemetery43.18194-83.71861
Richfield Union Cemetery43.07006-83.55853
River Rest Cemetery43.0403-83.76523
Saint John Catholic Cemetery43.06474-83.49993
Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery42.80194-83.71055
Saint Joseph Cemetery42.88308-83.92023
Saint Marys Cemetery42.94902-83.84187
Saint Michael's Byzantine Catholic Cemetery43.06416-83.66666
Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church Cemetery43.0643-83.66593
Saint Robert Bellarmine Catholic Cemetery43.07335-83.87746
Smith Hill Cemetery43.15472-83.52132
South Grand Blanc Cemetery42.88419-83.64106
Sunset Hills Cemetery43.04113-83.75857
Swartz Creek Cemetery42.95901-83.8312
Sweers Cemetery42.89999-83.47638
Tanner Cemetery43.08277-83.59694
Thetford Cemetery43.17682-83.6393
West Vienna Cemetery43.16221-83.79166
Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery43.16696-83.73551

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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