Cobmoosa, Michigan

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Cobmoosa was a location in Oceana County, Michigan. It was named for Cobmoosa, the Odawa leader who the federal government built a log cabin for here in 1858 during the relocation of the Odawa here from Ionia County, Michigan.^[1]

Oceana County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 26,570. The county seat is Hart. Long known as part of the large Ojibwe territory, the county was founded by European Americans in 1840 and organized in 1855.

Cobmoosa, or Weebmossa meaning "Great Walker", was an Odawa leader who lived in a Native American village at the mouth of the Flat River at the present-day city of Lowell, Michigan until 1858.

Odawa Indigenous people of North America

The Odawa, said to mean "traders", are an Indigenous American ethnic group who primarily inhabit land in the northern United States and southern Canada. They have long had territory that crosses the current border between the two countries, and they are federally recognized as Native American tribes in the United States and have numerous recognized First Nations bands in Canada. They are one of the Anishinaabeg, related to but distinct from the Ojibwe and Potawatomi peoples.

There was a store operated by Cook and Wessel, schools, and post office in Cobmoosa, but after a fire that brought down the post office in 1916, it was never replaced. A lake and the area continue to be called Cobmoosa.^[1] The site of the post office is not known;^[2] the lake, which was near Cobmoosa, is located west of Walkerville, Michigan.^[1]^[3]^{[lower-alpha 1]} The coordinates provided are for Cobmoosa Lake.

Walkerville is a village in Oceana County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 247 at the 2010 census. The village is within Leavitt Township, Michigan.

Notes

↑ Cobmoosa lived at Lake Cobmoosa, which was reported to be 3 miles west of the post office.^[4]

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References

1 2 3 Romig, Walter (1986). Michigan Place Names. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-8143-1838-6 – via Google Books.
↑ "Cobmoosa Post Office (historical)". GNIS. USGS. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
↑ "Cobmoosa Lake". GNIS. USGS. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
↑ Virgil J. Vogel (1986). Indian Names in Michigan. University of Michigan Press. p. 41. ISBN 0-472-06365-0.

Coordinates: 43°39′47″N86°11′20″W / 43.663°N 86.189°W / 43.663; -86.189

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[4] Cobmoosa lived at Lake Cobmoosa, which was reported to be 3 miles west of the post office.^[4]

[Romig-1] 1 2 3 Romig, Walter (1986). Michigan Place Names. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-8143-1838-6 – via Google Books.

[2] "Cobmoosa Post Office (historical)". GNIS. USGS. Retrieved October 9, 2016.

[3] "Cobmoosa Lake". GNIS. USGS. Retrieved October 9, 2016.

[Vogel_p._41-5] Virgil J. Vogel (1986). Indian Names in Michigan. University of Michigan Press. p. 41. ISBN 0-472-06365-0.