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Lake County, Michigan

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
4historic places
—earliest paper
1840formed
12,096pop. 2020
24cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 4 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Idlewild, Yates, Marlborough.

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 Lake titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

0 of 4 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

4 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Idlewild Historic DistrictIdlewildDistrict1979
Idlewild Historic District (Boundary Increase)YatesDistrict2010
Marlborough Historic DistrictMarlboroughDistrict1972
Podjun, John and Katharine Tunkun, FarmEllsworthDistrict2002

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

AISHCUM (now LAKE) created from MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

12k6,3225481870188019201950196020002020
1870188019001920194019501960198020002020
5483,2334,9574,4374,7985,2575,3387,71111,33312,096

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

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

Cemeteries — 24 of 24 listed
NameLatLon
Bristol Cemetery44.1045-85.59788
Carr Settlement Cemetery43.87249-86.02555
Chase Cemetery43.8889-85.64866
Chase Township Cemetery43.87249-85.60138
Deer Lake Cemetery43.97167-85.59727
Ellisworth Cemetery44.03173-85.60483
German Cemetery43.91666-85.56666
Historical Cemetery43.91306-85.93889
Irons Cemetery44.136-85.90416
Lake Cemetery43.88667-85.97867
Lakeview Cemetery44.07731-85.9684
Lother Cemetery44.13027-85.98499
McPherson Cemetery43.91138-86.03805
Nirvana Cemetery43.90206-85.72799
North Park Cemetery44.04778-85.68283
Oaklawn Cemetery43.87259-85.80251
Peacock Cemetery44.03945-85.86617
Pinora Cemetery43.91751-85.56727
Pioneer Cemetery43.8439-85.62699
Pleasant Hill Cemetery44.04055-85.67583
Sweetwater Cemetery43.95508-85.95988
Valley Cemetery44.03249-85.65944
VanCamp Cemetery43.8161-85.65972
Webber Cemetery43.90223-85.87422

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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