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St. Clair County, Michigan

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26historic places

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1821formed

160,383pop. 2020

64cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 26 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Port Huron, Marine City, Pearl Beach.

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 26 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

26 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Colony Tower Complex	Pearl Beach	Building	1994
Colony Tower Complex (Boundary Increase)	Pearl Beach	Building	1995
Davidson, Wilbur F., House	Port Huron	Building	1972
Federal Building	Port Huron	Building	1974
Fort Gratiot	Port Huron	Site	1980
Fort Gratiot Lighthouse	Port Huron	Building	1976
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot	Port Huron	Building	1977
HURON (lightship) NHL	Port Huron	Structure	1976
Harrington Hotel	Port Huron	Building	1982
Howard Block	Port Huron	Building	1994
Indian Trail Road-Belle River Bridge	China Township	Structure	2000
Jeddo Road-South Branch Mill Creek Drain Bridge	Brookway Township	Structure	2000
Ladies of the Maccabees Building	Port Huron	Building	1982
Marine City City Hall	Marine City	Building	1982
Marine City Water Works	Marine City	District	2011
Masters Road-Belle River Bridge	Riley Township	Structure	2000
McColl, James, House	Yale	Building	1985
Military Road Historic District	Port Huron	District	1998
Seventh Street-Black River Bridge	Port Huron	Structure	2000
Smith, LeRoy, House	Algonac	Building	1996
St. Clair Flats South Channel Range Lights	Algonac	Structure	1990
St. Clair Inn	St. Clair	Building	1995
St. Clair River Tunnel NHL	Port Huron	Structure	1970
Vernier Street-Swan Creek Bridge	Ira Township	Structure	2000
Wadhams Road-Pine River Bridge	Saint Clair Township	Structure	2000
Ward-Holland House	Marine City	Building	1972

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

St. Clair was formed in 1821 (1821-05-08) from Macomb.

ST. CLAIR created by Michigan Territory from MACOMB.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

St. Clair County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,114	4,606	26,604	46,197	55,228	58,009	76,222	91,599	107,201	138,802	164,235	160,383

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

64 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 64 of 64 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Adair Cemetery	42.80152	-82.63388
Baker Cemetery	43.15647	-82.62345
Balfour Cemetery	42.77502	-82.57602
Bartlett Cemetery	42.92499	-82.55555
Bowman Cemetery	42.84673	-82.51438
Capac Cemetery	42.99419	-82.92707
Caswell Cemetery	42.95817	-82.60736
Columbus Cemetery	42.82466	-82.70155
East Berlin Cemetery	42.94005	-82.89609
Elmwood Cemetery	43.13113	-82.81437
Goodells Poor Farm Cemetery	42.98832	-82.65305
Greenwood Cemetery	43.09732	-82.67304
Harmony Cemetery	43.08951	-82.59907
Hillside Cemetery	42.81328	-82.4906
Holy Cross Cemetery	42.70848	-82.50792
Kenockee School (historical)	42.99419	-82.72993
Kinney Cemetery	43.00134	-82.5539
Kittridge Cemetery	42.83816	-82.67102
Lakeport Cemetery	43.11633	-82.49627
Lakeside Cemetery	43.01919	-82.43574
Lakeside Cemetery Soldiers' Lot	43.01759	-82.43243
Lambs Cemetery	42.9362	-82.70778
Lett Cemetery	43.15319	-82.74996
Lynn Township Cemetery	43.09491	-82.90978
Mallory Cemetery	42.90694	-82.5625
Maple Grove Cemetery	42.68326	-82.58993
McFadden Cemetery	43.14455	-82.83843
Moore Cemetery	43.08748	-82.7944
Moore Cemetery	42.94805	-82.56166
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	42.9463	-82.65083
Mount Sinai Cemetery	43.01692	-82.43299
Mt Hope Catholic Cemetery	43.02476	-82.44048
Mussey Township Cemetery	43.02627	-82.92654
Oaklawn Cemetery	42.62404	-82.54
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery	42.99381	-82.72958
Pine Hill Cemetery	43.04908	-82.89905
Pinewood Cemetery	42.98221	-82.43305
Rattle Run Cemetery	42.86476	-82.59781
Riverlawn Cemetery	42.89124	-82.47657
Rose Hill Cemetery	42.78909	-82.48754
Ruby Cemetery	43.03815	-82.59946
Sacred Heart Cemetery	42.69503	-82.68963
Sacred Heart Cemetery	43.13023	-82.81295
Saint Catherine Cemetery	42.62697	-82.54157
Saint Lawrence Cemetery	43.15388	-82.56817
Saint Marys Cemetery	42.69528	-82.68823
Saint Marys Cemetery	42.82215	-82.51745
Saint Marys Cemetery	42.84766	-82.49412
Saint Marys Cemetery	42.90268	-82.51144
Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery	42.74481	-82.63107
Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery	42.70265	-82.62755
Saint Philip Neri Cemetery	42.8918	-82.71104
Smith Cemetery	42.69669	-82.54546
Spring Hill Cemetery	43.07797	-82.65654
Strevel Cemetery	43.13712	-82.59596
Sunset Memorial Gardens	43.0361	-82.48944
Tibbetts Road Cemetery	42.97667	-82.84502
United Brethren Cemetery	43.02759	-82.92658
Veterans Cemetery	43.02472	-82.43592
West Berlin Cemetery	42.92189	-82.95604
Westbrook Cemetery	43.04249	-82.61833
Williams Cemetery	42.89864	-82.62053
Woodlawn Cemetery	42.7254	-82.49517
Woodlawn Cemetery	42.9826	-82.47921

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Merrillsville	43.15	-82.81389

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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