Crawford County Michigan Genealogy
County Seat: Grayling
Named For: Col. William Crawford, Revolutionary War Officer
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Crawford County History
The county is named for Col. William Crawford, a Revolutionary War officer captured by Native Americans near Sandusky, Ohio and burned at the stake in 1792. Created by the Michigan Legislature as Shawono County in 1840, before being renamed in 1843 as Crawford County. "Shawono" was derived from an Ojibwe word, zhaawanong, meaning "from the south". The area was administered by other Michigan counties before 1879 when the county government was organized.
Communities
City: Grayling
Charter Township: Grayling Charter Township
Civil townships: Beaver Creek Township, Frederic Township, Lovells Township, Maple Forest Township, South Branch Township
Unincorporated communities: Babbits Resort, Collens Landing, Danish Landing, Deerheart Valley, Eldorado, Five Corners, Forbush Corner, Frederic, Ishaward, Lake Margrethe, Louis Cabin Landing, Lovells, McIntyre Landing, Rasmus, Skyline Village, Wildwood
Ghost towns: Bucks, Deward, Pere Cheney
Crawford County Michigan Genealogy Records
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Adjacent Counties
- Otsego County - north
- Montmorency County - northeast
- Oscoda County - east
- Ogemaw County - southeast
- Roscommon County - south
- Missaukee County - southwest
- Kalkaska County - west
- Antrim County - northwest
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