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Macomb County, Michigan

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17historic places

—earliest paper

1818formed

881,217pop. 2020

71cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 17 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Warren, Mount Clemens, Mt. Clemens.

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

7 of 17 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

17 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Clinton Grove Cemetery	Mt. Clemens	District	1996
Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal	Yates	Structure	1972
Erin-Warren Fractional District No. 2 Schoolhouse	Eastpointe	Building	2001
First Congregational Church	Richmond	Building	1975
Ford, Edsel and Eleanor, House (Gaukler Pointe) NHL	St. Clair & Grosse Pointe Shores	Building	1979
General Motors Technical Center	Warren	District	2000
General Motors Technical Center NHL	Warren	Building	2014
Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Mount Clemens Station	Mount Clemens	Building	1981
Holcombe Site	Warren	Site	1971
Kolping Park and Chapel	Mount Clemens	District	1996
Mount Clemens Public Library	Mount Clemens	Building	2021
Packard Proving Grounds Gateway Complex	Shelby Township	District	2007
Romeo Historic District	Romeo	District	1970
Upton, William, House	Sterling Heights	Building	1986
Warren Township District No. 4 School	Warren	Building	2012
Washington Octagon House	Washington	Building	1971
Wolcott Mill	Ray	Building	2009

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Macomb was formed in 1818 (1818-01-15) from Wayne.

MACOMB created by Michigan Territory from WAYNE (District boundaries remained unchanged).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Macomb County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1810	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
580	898	9,716	22,843	31,627	33,244	38,103	107,638	184,961	405,804	694,600	788,149	881,217

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

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

Cemeteries — 71 of 71 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bates Cemetery	42.83276	-82.82067
Beth Ahm Memorial Park	42.53405	-82.90881
Brabb Cemetery	42.78566	-83.05717
Brith Sholom Cemetery	42.53581	-82.90903
Bruce Cemetery	42.82318	-83.07606
Bruce and Armada Cemetery	42.84867	-82.98252
Cadillac Memorial Gardens East	42.58119	-82.95688
Centennial Cemetery	42.73555	-82.80472
Clemens Park	42.60138	-82.87527
Clinton Grove Cemetery	42.60272	-82.90377
Connor - Price Cemetery	42.66001	-83.02919
Cooley Cemetery	42.84506	-83.07433
Curtis Cemetery	42.69557	-83.06934
Davis Cemetery	42.73366	-82.96113
Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery	42.51944	-83.06388
Edgerton Cemetery	42.57654	-82.99087
Erin Grove Cemetery	42.53067	-82.90847
Ewell Cemetery	42.66912	-83.06319
Goodrich Cemetery	42.88552	-83.02728
Hadley Cemetery	42.82895	-82.92903
Haire Cemetery (historical)	42.7472	-82.78576
Hart Cemetery	42.69486	-82.83925
Hebrew Memorial Park	42.54206	-82.90284
Holy Trinity Cemetery	42.54685	-83.08307
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery	42.64352	-82.93446
Immanuel Methodist Church Cemetery	42.46549	-82.95619
Kiwanis Park Cemetery	42.50211	-82.92334
Lee Cemetery	42.76671	-82.91645
Lenox Centre Burial Grounds	42.78634	-82.79466
Lincoln Memorial Park	42.54197	-82.8954
Macomb Center Cemetery	42.68716	-82.90602
McCafferty Cemetery	42.83937	-83.02136
Meade Cemetery	42.71703	-82.86614
Memphis Cemetery	42.87949	-82.76902
Millar Cemetery	42.567	-82.96971
Mount Vernon Cemetery	42.74111	-83.08611
Oakwood Cemetery	42.69002	-82.75597
Powell Cemetery	42.78133	-82.99486
Prestonville Cemetery	42.69949	-83.00563
Procter Cemetery	42.80445	-82.97473
Radomer Cemetery	42.54017	-82.9008
Resurrection Cemetery	42.58975	-82.93797
Richards Cemetery	42.80744	-82.85607
Richmond Cemetery	42.82547	-82.76104
Romeo Cemetery	42.80336	-83.02409
Rose Hill Cemetery	42.89239	-82.91939
Russian Orthodox Cemetery	42.6067	-82.98282
Sacred Heart Cemetery	42.5018	-82.9289
Saint Clement Cemetery	42.48086	-83.02325
Saint Gertrude Cemetery	42.51123	-82.88588
Saint John's Cemetery	42.69935	-83.00661
Saint John's Memorial Gardens	42.53977	-82.96517
Saint John's Memorial Gardens	42.53924	-82.96538
Saint Joseph's Seminary Cemetery	42.7746	-82.8493
Saint Lawrence Cemetery	42.63193	-83.05039
Saint Mary's Cemetery	42.69268	-82.75535
Saint Michaels Cemetery	42.79908	-82.74486
Saint Paul Cemetery	42.59773	-82.97493
Saint Peter Cemetery	42.61871	-82.88882
Saint Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery	42.46638	-82.95555
Saint Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery	42.68602	-82.95084
Sterling Grove Cemetery	42.60791	-82.9828
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery	42.62777	-82.93277
Tucker Family Cemetery	42.59833	-82.82472
Union Cemetery	42.67794	-82.85175
Utica Cemetery	42.63689	-83.03865
Warren Union Cemetery	42.52769	-83.06314
Washington Cemetery	42.71366	-83.05555
Washington Center Cemetery	42.7566	-83.0422
Willow Grove Cemetery	42.84816	-82.85742
Workmen Circle Cemetery	42.54318	-82.90317

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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