Gratiot County, Michigan

Coordinates: 43°17′N 84°36′W / 43.29°N 84.60°W / 43.29; -84.60
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Gratiot County
County
Gratiot County Courthouse
Gratiot County Courthouse
UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district2nd
Websitehttps://www.gratiotmi.com/

Gratiot County (

2020 Census, the population was 41,761.[2] The county seat is Ithaca,[3] although its most populous city is Alma
.

Gratiot County comprises the Alma, MI

classical revival style by Claire Allen, a prominent southern Michigan architect. It is one of seven sites in the county listed on the National Register of Historic Places (No. 76002291 added 1976).[4] In June 2012, the 212.8 MW Gratiot County Wind Project opened, the largest wind power installation in the state.[5]

History

Gratiot County, Michigan is named for Captain Charles Gratiot, who supervised the building of Port Huron's Fort Gratiot.[6] It was described by the Territorial Legislature in 1831. By 1837, the Territory had been admitted to the Union as a state; in 1855 the State Legislature authorized the organization of Gratiot County – the death year of the county's namesake.[7]

Gratiot County was a

Congregationalist Church or the Episcopal Church.[8][9][10]

In the 1890s, German immigrants began settling in Gratiot County.

List of Michigan county name etymologies. Emil Lockwood, a noted Michigan legislator, represented Gratiot County in the Michigan Senate
from 1963 to 1970, much of the time as Senate Majority Leader.

There are six Michigan historical markers in Gratiot County:

  • Alma College
  • Gratiot County
  • Jackson Weller House
  • Lumberjack Park
  • Michigan
    Masonic
    Home
  • Saginaw and Gratiot County State Road / Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad[12]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 572 square miles (1,480 km2), of which 568 square miles (1,470 km2) is land and 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2) (0.6%) is water.[13] It is considered to be part of Central Michigan.

Adjacent counties

Major highways

  • US 127 – runs north to I-75 and south to Lansing.

  •
    business loop
    through downtown Alma.

  •
    Bus. US 127
    – business loop through downtown Ithaca.

  •
    Bus. US 127
    – business loop through downtown St. Louis.
  • M-30 – a north–south highway that runs north into Midland County; runs north to West Branch.
  • M-46 – cross-peninsular highway that runs east to Saginaw and Port Sanilac; runs west to Muskegon.
  • US 131
    near Grand Rapids.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
18604,042—
187011,810192.2%
188021,93685.7%
189028,66830.7%
190029,8894.3%
191028,820−3.6%
192033,91417.7%
193030,252−10.8%
194032,2056.5%
195033,4293.8%
196037,01210.7%
197039,2466.0%
198040,4483.1%
199038,982−3.6%
200042,2858.5%
201042,4760.5%
202041,761−1.7%
2023 (est.)41,368[14]−0.9%
US Decennial Census[15]
1790-1960[16] 1900-1990[17]
1990-2000[18] 2010-2018[2]

As of the

Latino of any race. 29.8% were of English ancestry, 24.4% were of German ancestry and 6.9% Irish ancestry, 96.1% spoke English and 2.7% Spanish
as their first language.

There were 14,501 households, out of which 34.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.60% were married couples living together, 10.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.30% were non-families. 23.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.02.

The county population included 23.80% under the age of 18, 11.60% from 18 to 24, 29.50% from 25 to 44, 21.60% from 45 to 64, and 13.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 108.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,262, and the median income for a family was $43,954. Males had a median income of $32,442 versus $22,333 for females. The

poverty line
, including 11.70% of those under age 18 and 9.20% of those age 65 or over.

Religion

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw is the controlling regional body for the Catholic Church.[20]

Government

Gratiot County has been reliably Republican from the beginning. Since 1884, the Republican Party nominee has carried the county vote in 76% of the elections (26 of 34 elections).

United States presidential election results for Gratiot County, Michigan[21]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 12,102 63.20% 6,693 34.95% 353 1.84%
2016 9,880 60.01% 5,666 34.41% 919 5.58%
2012 8,241 51.39% 7,610 47.46% 184 1.15%
2008 8,322 46.92% 9,105 51.33% 311 1.75%
2004 9,834 56.59% 7,377 42.45% 168 0.97%
2000 8,312 54.76% 6,538 43.07% 329 2.17%
1996 6,214 41.77% 6,793 45.67% 1,868 12.56%
1992 6,280 39.55% 5,678 35.76% 3,921 24.69%
1988 8,447 59.36% 5,719 40.19% 64 0.45%
1984 10,456 72.08% 4,000 27.57% 50 0.34%
1980 9,294 59.30% 4,916 31.37% 1,462 9.33%
1976 9,526 63.01% 5,429 35.91% 163 1.08%
1972 9,904 68.41% 4,370 30.18% 204 1.41%
1968 8,404 62.68% 4,040 30.13% 964 7.19%
1964 5,369 42.02% 7,383 57.78% 26 0.20%
1960 9,854 71.75% 3,859 28.10% 21 0.15%
1956 10,319 75.71% 3,267 23.97% 44 0.32%
1952 10,034 77.06% 2,887 22.17% 100 0.77%
1948 7,035 70.16% 2,659 26.52% 333 3.32%
1944 7,987 71.03% 3,160 28.10% 97 0.86%
1940 8,661 69.01% 3,825 30.48% 65 0.52%
1936 5,322 47.11% 5,457 48.30% 519 4.59%
1932 5,123 44.40% 6,124 53.08% 291 2.52%
1928 8,823 82.14% 1,854 17.26% 64 0.60%
1924 6,720 76.09% 1,839 20.82% 273 3.09%
1920 6,578 77.41% 1,846 21.72% 74 0.87%
1916 3,434 52.16% 2,960 44.96% 190 2.89%
1912 1,809 30.64% 1,835 31.08% 2,261 38.29%
1908 4,158 61.65% 2,372 35.17% 214 3.17%
1904 4,530 67.59% 1,863 27.80% 309 4.61%
1900 4,263 55.49% 3,202 41.68% 218 2.84%
1896 3,380 44.97% 3,971 52.83% 165 2.20%
1892 3,037 48.83% 1,661 26.70% 1,522 24.47%
1888 3,667 52.35% 2,854 40.74% 484 6.91%
1884 2,676 46.99% 2,736 48.04% 283 4.97%

The county government operates the

vital records, administers public health regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of other 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.

Elected officials

Communities

Cities

Villages

Unincorporated communities

  • Bannister
  • Beebe
  • Edgewood
  • Elm Hall
  • Elwell
  • Forest Hill
  • Galloway
  • Middleton
  • Newark
  • New Haven Center
  • North Star
  • Pompeii
  • Rathbone
  • Riverdale
  • Sethton
  • Sickles
  • Sumner
  • Wheeler

Ghost towns

Townships

Education

The Gratiot–Isabella Regional Education Service District, based in Ithaca, services the students in the county. The intermediate school district offers regional special education services, early education programs, and technical career pathways for students of its districts.[22]

Gratiot County is served by the following regular

public school districts:[23]

Gratiot County has the following private schools:[24]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Bibliography on Gratiot County". Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". US Census Bureau. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  4. ^ "National Register of Historical Places - Gratiot County MI".
  5. ^ Michigan's Largest Wind Farm Enters Commercial Operation, North American Winpower, June 6, 2012
  6. ^ Smith, Mildred L. (1987). General Charles Gratiot: Acres and Avenues Bear His Name. Gratiot County Historical and Genealogical Society.
  7. OCLC 497670
    .
  8. ^ Portrait and Biographical Album - Gratiot County MI (1884)
  9. ^ Tucker, Willard Davis (1913). Gratiot County MI.
  10. ISBN 9780806306605
    .
  11. ^ Netherlanders in America: a study of emigration and settlement in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the United States of America, Volumes 1-2
  12. ^ "Michigan Historical Markers". michmarkers.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2009.
  13. ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". US Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  14. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  15. ^ "US Decennial Census". US Census Bureau. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  16. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  17. ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". US Census Bureau. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  18. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). US Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  19. ^ "U.S. Census website". US Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  20. ^ "Diocese of Saginaw".
  21. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  22. ^ "GIRESD Local School Districts". Gratiot-Isabella Regional Education Service District. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  23. ^ National Center for Education Statistics. "Search for Public School Data - Gratiot County, MI". Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  24. ^ National Center for Education Statistics. "Search for Private Schools - Gratiot County, MI". Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved July 16, 2023.

External links

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