Charlevoix County
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county in Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- Founded
- 1840 (created), 1869 (organized)
- Named after
- Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix
- Seat
- Charlevoix
- Largest city
- Boyne City
- Total
- 1,390 sq mi (3,600 km )
- Land
- 416 sq mi (1,080 km )
- Water
- 974 sq mi (2,520 km ) 70%
- Estimate 2025
- 26,036
- Density
- 62.6/sq mi (24.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .charlevoixcounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Michigan
- Contains
- Charlevoix
- Capital
- Charlevoix
- Population
- 26054
- Area
- 3602
- Shares border with
- Emmet County
- Official website
- www.charlevoixcounty.org
- Image
- Charlesvoix County Michigan Building.jpg
- Households
- 11725
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- Commons category
- Charlevoix County, Michigan
- topic's main category
- Category:Charlevoix County, Michigan
- Köppen climate classification
- humid continental climate
- water as percent of area
- 70
- inception
- 1869-00-00
- native label
- Charlevoix County
- per capita income
- 36132
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Encyclopedic overview
Charlevoix County (/ˈʃɑːrləvɔɪ/ SHAR-lə-voy) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. The county seat is Charlevoix, and the largest city is Boyne City. Located in the Northern Lower Peninsula, Charlevoix County is bisected by Lake Charlevoix, Michigan's third largest inland lake. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 26,054. Beaver Island, the largest island in Lake Michigan, is located within Charlevoix County.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charlevoix County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.