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County Seat : Ithaca
Formed: 1831
Organized: 1855
Size: 566 sq. miles
Population: 38982 in 1990

                      28668 in 1890

Townships:

Arcada Bethany
Elba Emerson
Fulton Hamilton
Lafayette New Haven
Newark North Shade
North Star Pine River
Seville Sumner
Washington Wheeler

If you are visiting or want to know more aspects of the county these links may be helpful.

Topics:

Gratiot County Chamber of Commerce
Gratiot County Historical Markers
Gratiot County Online
Gratiot County- Multimag
Michigan Interactive- Gratiot

Coming soon:

History

Queries

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Gratiot County encompasses the geographical center of Michigan's Lower Peninsula and was named for Captain Charles Gratiot (1788-1855), who supervised the building of Fort Gratiot at the present site of Port Huron. After much controversy the county seat was established at Ithaca in 1856.  .

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