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Mackinac County, Michigan

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27historic places

—earliest paper

1818formed

10,834pop. 2020

35cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 27 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 3 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Mackinac Island, St. Ignace, Moran Township.

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

19 of 27 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

27 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Chambers, John, House	St. Ignace	Building	1982
Fort Mackinac	Mackinac Island	District	1970
Geary, Mathew, House	Mackinac Island	Building	1971
Grand Hotel NHL	Mackinac Island	Building	1972
Gros Cap Archaeological District	Moran Township	Site	1982
Gros Cap Cemetery	Gros Cap	Site	1971
Hessel School	Hessel	Building	2019
Hiawatha Sportsman's Club 1931 Maintenance Building and Commissary	Millecoquins	Building	2011
Indian Dormitory	Mackinac Island	Building	1971
Juntunen Site	Pointe Aux Pins	Site	1978
Lansing Shoals Light Station	Newton Township	Structure	2005
Lasanen Site	St. Ignace	Site	1971
Mackinac Island NHL	Mackinac Island	District	1966
Mackinac Trail-Carp River Bridge	St. Ignace Township	Structure	1999
Manitou Lodge	Naubinway	Building	2011
Marquette Street Archaeological District	St. Ignace	District	1982
Martin Reef Light Station	Clark Township	Structure	2005
Mission Church	Mackinac Island	Building	1971
Mission House	Mackinac Island	Building	1971
Round Island Lighthouse	Mackinac Island	Building	1974
Round Island Passage Light	Mackinac Island	Structure	2013
Sacred Heart-Gros Cap Church	Moran Township	Building	2016
Scott Point Site	Gould City	Site	1976
St. Helena Island Light Station	St. Ignace	District	1988
St. Ignace Mission NHL	St. Ignace	Site	1966
Stuart, Robert, House	Mackinac Island	Building	1971
Young, Lawrence Andrew, Cottage	Mackinac Island	Building	1997

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Mackinac was formed in 1818 (1818-12-03) from Wayne, unorganized federal territory, former parts of BOND (Ill.

MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC) created by Michigan Territory from WAYNE, Non-County Area 1, unorganized federal territory, and former parts of BOND (Ill.), CRAWFORD (Ill.), and MADISON (Ill.); included parts of present Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Mackinac County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
551	819	923	1,938	2,902	7,703	8,026	9,438	9,287	10,853	10,178	11,943	10,834

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

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

Cemeteries — 35 of 35 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery	46.18389	-85.57216
Brethren Cemetery	46.15	-84.92673
Brevort Township Cemetery	45.98503	-84.83666
Caffey Cemetery	46.15177	-85.17638
Carp River Cemetery	45.99861	-84.71194
Cottle Cemetery	46.15779	-84.45781
Curtis Cemetery	46.20998	-85.76039
Edgewood Cemetery	45.99306	-84.37781
Engadine Cemetery	46.12326	-85.57246
Epoufette Cemetery	46.06444	-85.17574
Father Marquette's Cemetery	46.00332	-84.42083
Fenlons Cemetery	46.05029	-84.41614
Fort Mackinac Post Cemetery	45.85877	-84.62074
Gros Cap Cemetery	45.87014	-84.79914
Immaculate Conception Cemetery	45.99163	-84.85269
Indian Burial Ground	45.97194	-84.62167
Indian Burial Ground	45.97195	-84.62163
Italian Hill Cemetery	46.05723	-84.4667
Lakeside Cemetery	45.85027	-84.71466
Mackinac Island Cemetery	45.85978	-84.6224
Maplewood Cemetery	46.15805	-85.27508
McRae Cemetery	45.7914	-84.45642
McRae Cemetery	45.79161	-84.45606
Naubinway Cemetery	46.10138	-85.45315
Newton Township Cemetery	45.9847	-85.70371
Olive Church Grove	45.80972	-84.425
Polly Family Cemetery	46.04332	-85.66805
Rockview Cemetery	46.0864	-84.40392
Saint Anne's Catholic Cemetery	45.85816	-84.62111
Saint Ignace Loyola Catholic Cemetery	45.86249	-84.72638
Saint Ignace Township Cemetery	45.99854	-84.71177
Sandtown Cemetery	46.21304	-85.66539
Simmons Cemetery	46.09695	-84.6081
Wequayoc Cemetery	46.03754	-84.61608
Western Cemetery	46.02445	-85.05395

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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