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In 1840, the county was first established as Meegisee County. The county was renamed Antrim in 1843 after the county in Ireland. The first non-Native American settlement was established by Abram S. Wadsworth at Elk Rapids in 1846. Bellaire became the county seat in 1883.
There are fifteen townships in Antrim County: Banks, Central Lake, Chestonia, Custer, Echo, Elk Rapids, Forest Home, Helena, Jordan, Kearney, Mancelona, Milton, Star, Torch Lake, and Warner.
Selected general works
Mancelona Area Historical Society.
First hand account of life in Mancelona in the 20th century. 2002.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F574 .M35 F57
Miller, Priscilla.
Reflections at the Water’s Edge. 2008.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F574 .A43 M466 2008
Ruggles, Glenn.
Elk Rapids The First Hundred Years, 1850-1950. 2007.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F574 .E38 R84 2007
Timmer, Elsie.
Gleanings from Ellsworth’s Yesteryears. 1971.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F574 .E4 T5 1971
Torch Lake News Letter.
Antrim County Michigan 1840-1940. 1940
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.A5 A58 1940
Selected newspapers
Bellaire.
ANTRIM COUNTY NEWS
1947-1965, 1987-1997
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
BELLAIRE INDEPENDENT
1895-1919
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Central Lake.
CENTRAL LAKE TORCH
1896-1966
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Elk Rapids.
TRAVERSE BAY PROGRESS/ELK RAPIDS PROGRESS
1877-1966, 1979-1981
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Mancelona.
MANCELONA HERALD
1884-1964
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Selected plats, maps, and atlases
Botsford, H. L.
Map of Antrim County, Michigan 1941.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN FLAT FILE 2N Undersize G4113.A7 1941 .B6
Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Standard atlas of Antrim County, Michigan: including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county ... patrons directory, reference business directory and departments devoted to general information. 1910.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM 2S F566 .C67 1973 r.13 no.22
Pond, Seymour E.
The official atlas and directory of Antrim County, Michigan. 1897.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM 2S F566 .C67 1973 r.13 no.23
W. W. Hixson & Co.
Plat Book of Antrim County, Michigan. 1930.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N G1413.A7 H5z 1930
Selected records, indexes, and transcriptions
Antrim County News.
Nonagenarian obituaries, Antrim County, Michigan. 1998.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.A5 N66 1998
Burke, Dolores Redmon.
Deaths of Mancelona Village. 1980.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F574.M35 B88 1980
Everett, Nora Brewer.
Vital records, Antrim County, Michigan. 1932.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.A5 E87 1932a
Marrs, Donna M.
Antrim County, Michigan headstones. 1999.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.A5 A584 1999
Thiel, J. Homer.
Early deaths, 1845-1870, in the Grand Traverse region: Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and Leelanau Counties, Michigan. 2015.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.A5 T45 2015
Selected government publications
Botsford, H. L.
Map of Antrim County, Michigan. 1941.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN FLAT FILE 2N Undersize G4113.A7 1941 .B6
Economic profile of Antrim County. 1977.
LIB OF MICH - MICH DOCS 2S HC107.M5 A1 Antrim 1977
Michigan. Land Economic Survey Division.
Soil and lay of the land map of Antrim County. 1923.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS FLAT FILE 2N G4113.A7J3 1923 .M5
Michigan. Land Economic Survey Division.
Cover map of Antrim County. 1923.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS FLAT FILE 2N G4113.A7D2 1923 .M5
Wisler, Chester Owen.
Report on water resources of Antrim County. 1924.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL TC147 .W321 1924
Updated 11/16/2022