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Tuscola
Tuscola County is a county located in the Thumb region of Michigan. The county seat is Caro. The county was established on April 1, 1840. The Michigan Legislature passed an act on March 2, 1850, that empowered the county residents to organize governmental functions.
Tuscola County is surrounded by Huron, Sanilac, Saginaw, Lapeer, Genesee and Bay Counties.
Selected general works
Smith, Dee.
Treks into the past: historical sketches of Michigan's thumb. 1989.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F566 .S64 1989
Tuscola County (Mich.). Land Use Planning Committee.
Tuscola County's land and people: an appraisal with recommendations for the future. Tuscola County's land and people: an appraisal with recommendations for the future.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N HD211.M5 T8 1953
Chapman Brothers.
Portrait and biographical record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola counties, Michigan. 1892.
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Selected newspapers
Caro.
Tuscola Advertiser. 1868-1871 and 1879.
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Caro.
Tuscola County Advertiser. 1884-1942, 1944-1950 and 1997-2008.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Cass City.
Cass City Chronicle. 1971-1989 and 1991.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Selected plats, maps, and atlases
Pettibone, D. A.
Map of Saginaw and Tuscola, with part of Genesee, Lapeer, Huron & Midland Counties, Michigan. 1858.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN FLAT FILE 2N Undersize G4113.S2 1858 .P48 1900z
W.W. Hixson & Co.
Plat book of Tuscola County, Michigan. 1929?.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N G 1413 .T8 H5 1920
F.W. Beers & Co.
Topographical map of Tuscola Co., Michigan : from recent and actual surveys and records. 1875.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN FLAT FILE 2N Undersize G4113.T8 1875 .B44a
Farm & Home Publishers.
Tuscola County, Michigan, 2008: plat book. 2008.
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Deeter, E. B..
Soil survey of Tuscola County, Michigan. 1931.
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Selected records, indexes, and transcriptions
Benson, Clyde E.
Index to Portrait and biographical record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola counties, Michigan. circa 1970.
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Nancy Rendon, et al.
Civil War veterans buried in Tuscola County, Michigan.
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Sherman, Alonzo Joseph.
Index to Civil War discharges, Tuscola County, Michigan. 1990.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.T9 S54 1990
Fairgrove Township (Mich.). School District no. 3.
School district record, for district no. three, township of Fairgrove, County of Tuscola and State of Michigan. 1871-1894.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N Folio L63.T8 F35 1871
Tuscola County (Mich.). School District No. 3.
School records Tuscola county, 1901-1902. 1900-1940.
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Selected government publications
Geological Survey (U.S.).
Michigan Flint quadrangle. 1922.
LIB OF MICH RARE MICH MAPS 4N Undersize G4114.F6C2 1922 .G4
Thompson, Harold W.
An archaeological survey of the Tuscola State Game Area and peripheral public and private lands, Tuscola County, Michigan. 1988.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL F572.T9 T56 1988z
Michigan. State Highway Commission.
Highway and recreational information map. Tuscola County. 1973.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS FLAT FILE 2N G4113.T8 1973 .M53
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Surface Water Quality Division.
A Biological survey of White River watershed, Tuscola County, Michigan, July 22-23, 1991. 1992.
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Updated 1/30/2023