Ontonagon County
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county in Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- Founded
- March 9, 1843 , 1848 organized
- Named after
- Ontonagon River
- Seat
- Ontonagon
- Largest village
- Ontonagon
- Total
- 3,741 sq mi (9,690 km )
- Land
- 1,311 sq mi (3,400 km )
- Water
- 2,430 sq mi (6,300 km ) 65%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,823
- Density
- 5.2/sq mi (2.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- http://ontonagoncounty.org/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Ontonagon River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Michigan
- Capital
- Ontonagon
- Population
- 5816
- Area
- 9690
- Shares border with
- Cook County
- Official website
- ontonagoncounty.org
- Image
- 2009-0617-Ontonagon-school.jpg
- Households
- 2823
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- topic's main category
- Category:Ontonagon County, Michigan
- Commons category
- Ontonagon County, Michigan
- inception
- 1843-03-09
- water as percent of area
- 65
- native label
- Ontonagon County
- per capita income
- 24833
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Encyclopedic overview
Ontonagon County (/ˌɒntəˈnɑːɡən/ ON-tə-NAH-gən) is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,816, making it Michigan's third-least populous county. The county seat is Ontonagon. The county was set off in 1843, and organized in 1848. Its territory had been organized as part of Chippewa and Mackinac counties. With increasing population in the area, more counties were organized. After Ontonagon was organized, it was split to create Gogebic County. It is also the westernmost county in the United States that lies within the Eastern Time Zone.
Lake of the Clouds in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park Agate Falls
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ontonagon County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.