Wyandot County, Michigan

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1850 map showing Cheboygan and Wyandot as separate counties.

Wyandot County was a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. It was created on April 1, 1840 [1] [2] from part of Michilimackinac County. Wyandot became part of Cheboygan County when it organized on January 29, 1853. [3]

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References

  1. George Dawson (1840). Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Annual Session of 1840. Detroit. pp. 196–200.
  2. H. S. Tanner (1841). Tanner's Universal Atlas. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart (published 1844). p. 25.
  3. Geo W. Peck (1853). Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1853. Lansing. pp. 19–20.