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Chippewa

Chippewa County area was organized in 1826.  It was named for the Ojibwe (Chippewa) people.

Its County Seat is Sault Ste. Marie. Adjacent counties are Luce and Mackinac.

Selected general works

Arbic, Bernie
City of the Rapids: Sault Ste. Marie's heritage, 2003
LIB OF MICHIGAN 2N F574.S3 A73 2003

The Historic Johnston family of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, 1982 [Reprinted from the Michigan pioneer and historical collections, volumes 1-40]
LIB OF MICHIGAN 2N F574.S3 H57 1982

The story of Sault Ste. Marie and Chippewa County by Stanley Newton, 1923
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   F574.S3 N48

Reflections of the past: a pictorial review of the eastern Upper Peninsula, 2003
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.N8 R44 2003

Selected newspapers

Sault Ste. Marie
Evening News, 1903-2018.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste Marie News, 1888-1900.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

Selected plats, maps, and atlases

Rockford Map Publishers
Atlas & plat book, Chippewa County, Michigan, [title varies] 1970, 1977, 1980
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   G1413.C6 R635

Plat book of Chippewa County, Michigan: a project / sponsored by the Chippewa County 4-H Council. 1960
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   G1413.C6 P55 1960

W.W. Hixson & Co.
Plat book of Chippewa County, Michigan. [1930?].
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   G 1413 .C6 H5 1930

Michigan. State Highway Commission.
Chippewa County. 1969.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN MICH DOCS OFFICIAL FLAT FILE 3S Undersize G4113.C6 1969 .M53 

Selected records, indexes, and transcriptions

Census of 1850, Chippewa County, Michigan: federal census, abstracted and typed by Ruth Robbins Monteith, 1956
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  F572.C54 M6 1956

Chippewa County, Michigan cemetery transcriptions, transcribed by Gladys Moore Reeve, 1980
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   F572.C54 R4 1980

Le Sault de Sainte Marie Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [between 1900 & 1999?]
Marriage records, Chippewa County, Michigan.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F 572 .C54 M377 1900z

Finnish Cemetery on Drummond Island, Chippewa County, Michigan, recorded and typed by Arlynn G. Gantz, 1974
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F 572.D88 G26 1974

Hendricks, Kathleen M. et al
St. Mary's Catholic Church baptisms: Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, 1811-1900, 2004
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   F574.S3 H46 2004

Selected government publications

Martin, Susan R.
An archaeological survey of the proposed route of Federal Forest Highway 42, Chippewa County, Michigan, 1980
LIB OF MICH - MICH DOCS Official    F572.C54 M377 1980

Michigan. Department of Auditor General.
Examination of the books and records of Chippewa County for the calendar year of ....1950, 1952-53.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL HJ9259.C45 E93 1950-53 incomplete

Michigan Department of Commerce.
Profile of Chippewa County, Michigan.1988-1992 (incomplete).
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS HC107.M5 A1 Chippewa

Updated 11-23-2022