Alger County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the population was 9,862. Its county seat is Munising. The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is located within the county.
Alger County was detached from Schoolcraft County, set off and organized in 1885. The county was named for lumber baron Russell Alexander Alger who was a Michigan Governor, U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of War during the William McKinley Presiden...
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Alger County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the population was 9,862. Its county seat is Munising. The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is located within the county.
Alger County was detached from Schoolcraft County, set off and organized in 1885. The county was named for lumber baron Russell Alexander Alger who was a Michigan Governor, U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of War during the William McKinley Presidential administration. See also, List of Michigan county name etymologies, List of Michigan counties, and List of abolished U.S. counties.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 5,049 square miles (13,077 km²), of which, 918 square miles (2,377 km²) of it is land and 4,131 square miles (10,700 km²) of it (81.82%) is water.
As of the 2000 census, there were 9,862 people, 3,785 households, and 2,585 families residing in the county. The population density was 11 people per square mile (4/km²). There were 5,964 housing...
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