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Organized as a County in 1830. Name is from the Native-American word Kikalamazoo, said to mean the mirage or reflecting river.
Grindol, Mary Alice Benedict.
Family history research in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. 1998.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.K2 F29 1998
Durant, Samuel W.
History of Kalamazoo County, Michigan: with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers. 1993.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F 572.K2 D87 1993
Fisher, David.
Compendium of history and biography of Kalamazoo County, Michigan. 1906.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.K2 C65 1906
Praus, Alexis A.
Historical markers and memorials in Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo County. 1969.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.K2 H58 1969
Kullenberg, Roger.
Kalamazoo: Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce celebrating 100 years, 1903-2003. 2003.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.K2 K25 2003
Kalamazoo.
Kalamazoo Gazette. 1837-2018.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Parchment.
Parchment News. 1924-1952.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Portage.
The Portage Herald. 1958-1968.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Vicksburg.
The Vicksburg commercial. 1879-1901, 1933-1977.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Augusta.
Augusta Beacon. 1902-1952.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Whipporwill Publications
Combined atlases of Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1873, 1890. 1984.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N Folio G 1413.K2 C6 1984
Boyd, Gregory A.
Family maps of Kalamazoo County, Michigan. 2005.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.K2 B69 2005
Sauer, William C.
Illustrated atlas of Kalamazoo County, Michigan: with early and present history of Kalamazoo County. 1890.
LIB OF MICH RARE MICH 4N Folio G1413.K2 S2 1890
Maley, H.C.
Atlas of Kalamazoo County, Michigan. 1913.
LIB OF MICH RARE MICH 4N Oversize G1413.K2 M3 1913
Monteith, Ruth Marian Robbins.
Index, History of Kalamazoo County, Michigan / abstracted and typed by Ruth Robbins Monteith for Lucinda Hinsdale Stone Chapter, N.S.D.A.R. 1999.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.K2 D87 1880, Index
Regional History Collections Western Michigan University.
Index to compendium of history and biography of Kalamazoo County, Mich., David Fisher and Frank Little. 1999.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.K2 C65 1906, Index
Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society and The Kalamazoo Public Library.
Index to the United States census of Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1860, 1870, 1880, and the veterans rolls for 1890 / compiled by members of the Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society and the staff of the Kalamazoo Public Library Reference Division. 1999.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.K2 U55 1999
Pierce, Ardis, J.
Foreign deaths index, 1931-2002, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. 2004.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F574.K1 P54 2004
Pierce, Ardis, J.
Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society gemstones: a sampling of research material available in the Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society collections located in the Regional History Collections at Western Michigan University. 2002.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N Z1297.P54 2002
Michigan Department of Economic Expansion.
Industry supplement. Kalamazoo County data sheet: business establishments, 1962, by industry division and comparison with 1959. 1964.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL HC105.M5 K35 1964
Niemeck, Gary P.
Community profile: Kalamazoo. 1986.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL HC108.K35 C66 1986
Brian J. Bowling.
Community profile: Portage. 1986.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL HC108.P67 C66 1986
United States. Office of Economic Opportunity. Information Center.
Community profile, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. 1967.
LIB OF MICH US DOCS 4S PrEx 10.9/5: K 12
Kalamazoo County (Mich.). Board of Supervisors.
Annual report of the Board of Supervisors, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. 1955.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N JS3.M52 K2
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