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Ontonagon County, Michigan

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6historic places

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1843formed

5,816pop. 2020

23cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 6 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Ontonagon, Bergland, Ewen.

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

2 of 6 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

6 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bergland Administrative Site	Bergland	Building	2005
Humphrey, Ernest J. and Edna, Farm	Ewen	Building	2022
Ontonagon County Courthouse	Ontonagon	Building	1980
Ontonagon Harbor Piers Historic District	Ontonagon	Structure	2001
Ontonagon Lighthouse	Ontonagon	Structure	1975
Ontonagon School	Ontonagon	Building	2011

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Ontonagon was formed in 1843 (1843-03-09) from Chippewa, Michilimackinac.

ONTONAGON created from CHIPPEWA, MICHILIMACKINAC (now MACKINAC), and Non-County Area 6.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Ontonagon County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
389	4,568	2,565	6,197	12,428	11,359	10,282	10,584	9,861	7,818	5,816

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

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

Cemeteries — 23 of 23 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Agate Cemetery	46.46156	-89.07071
Barclay Cemetery	46.39105	-89.1368
Bruce Crossing Cemetery	46.521	-89.15706
Evergreen - Ewen Cemetery	46.53537	-89.26314
Evergreen Cemetery	46.85513	-89.27992
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery	46.83654	-89.4402
Forest Lawn Cemetery	46.60161	-89.57681
Holy Family Catholic Cemetery	46.85332	-89.31333
Interior Cemetery	46.35971	-89.07694
Irish Hollow Cemetery	46.72993	-89.16763
Lakeview Cemetery	46.59289	-89.57446
Maple Grove Cemetery	46.47702	-89.18074
Maple Grove Cemetery	46.78079	-89.09169
Maple Grove Cemetery	46.76805	-89.09166
Methodist Cemetery	46.77916	-89.0911
Methodist Rose Cemetery	46.73096	-89.16707
Norwich Cemetery	46.6584	-89.37995
Old Indian Burial Grounds	46.73832	-89.21944
Paynesville Cemetery	46.52074	-89.11826
Riverside Cemetery	46.86021	-89.32375
Rousseau Cemetery	46.70694	-88.96277
Trout Creek Cemetery	46.4816	-88.99597
Woodawn Cemetery	46.73049	-89.19819

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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