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Roscommon County
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county in Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- Founded
- 1840 (created), 1875 (organized)
- Named after
- County Roscommon, Ireland
- Seat
- Roscommon
- Largest settlement
- Houghton Lake , Roscommon (incorporated)
- Total
- 580 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Land
- 520 sq mi (1,300 km )
- Water
- 60 sq mi (160 km ) 10%
- Estimate 2025
- 23,914
- Density
- 47/sq mi (18/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- roscommoncounty .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- County Roscommon
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Michigan
- Contains
- Roscommon
- Capital
- Roscommon
- Population
- 23459
- Area
- 1502
- Shares border with
- Kalkaska County
- Official website
- www.roscommoncounty.net
- Image
- Roscommon County Building (Michigan).jpg
- Households
- 11420
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- Commons category
- Roscommon County, Michigan
- topic's main category
- Category:Roscommon County, Michigan
- water as percent of area
- 10
- native label
- Roscommon County
- inception
- 1840-00-00
- per capita income
- 27491
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Roscommon County (/rɒsˈkɒmən/ ross-KOM-ən) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,459. The county seat is Roscommon. The county was founded in 1840 and organized in 1875. The county is home to Houghton Lake, the largest inland lake in Michigan.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roscommon County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.