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County Information
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 elected as a Michigan Governor, and U.S. Senator, and appointed as U.S. Secretary of War during the William McKinley Presidential administration.

City
Munising (county seat)

Village

Chatham


Towns

Autrain * Chatham * Christmas * Deerton * Eben Junction * Forest Lake * Grand Marais * Kiva * Limestone *
Melstrand * Munising - County Seat * Rumely * Rock River * Sand River * Shelter Bay * Shingleton * Sundell *
Traunik * Trenary * Van Meer * Wetmore

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Website Update Archives

Website Updates:
May 2022:

CEMETERIES -Holy Rosary Cemetery, Limestone Township Cemetery, Maple Grove Cemetery
NEWSPAPER - Marriage Announcement Shaga-Hawley
OBITUARIES - Updated Index page, Fred Blank, Emilie J. Campbell, John L. Carr, Robert L. Earle, Alma C. Given,  Frank Hawley, Fred A. Hawley, Florence Laurich, Frank E. Laurich,  Mary Tellier, Louis Van Geertruy,

 


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Adjacent Counties
 Luce County (east)
Schoolcraft County (southeast)
Delta County (south)
Marquette County (west)
Thunder Bay District, Ontario (north)
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