Menominee County (/məˈnɒməni/mə-NAH-mə-nee) is a county located in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,502.[2] The county seat is Menominee.[3] The county's name comes from an American Indian word meaning "wild rice eater" used to describe a tribe. The county was created in 1861 from area partitioned out of Delta County, under the name of Bleeker. When county government was organized in 1863, the name was changed to Menominee.[1]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,338 square miles (3,470 km2), of which 1,044 square miles (2,700 km2) is land and 294 square miles (760 km2) (22%) is water.[4]
Major highways
US 2 – enters west line of county from Dickinson County. Runs E to intersection with US 41 at Powers.
US 41 – runs north from S tip of county to Powers, then E through Wilson and Indiantown into Delta County.
M-35 – runs NE from Menominee along edge of Green Bay, into Delta County.
M-69 – runs NW-SE through northern part of county. Passes Labranche, Whitney, and Perronville.[5]
Menominee County was strongly Republican-leaning at its start, but has been more middle-leaning during the 20th century. Since 1876, the Republican Party nominee has carried the county vote in 69% of the elections (25 of 36 elections).
Menominee County operates the County jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, records deeds, mortgages, and vital records, administers public health regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of social services. The county board of commissioners controls the budget and has limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions – police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance etc. – are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.
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^ a bMenominee County Google Maps (accessed 13 September 2018)
^"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
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^"Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
^"2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Menominee County, MI" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 2, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2022. - Text list
^US Election Atlas
External links
Menominee County web site
Menominee County Profile, Sam M Cohodas Regional Economist, Tawni Hunt Ferrarini, Ph.D.