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Baraga County

county in Michigan, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Michigan
Founded: February 19, 1875
Named after: Frederic Baraga
Seat: L'Anse
Largest village: Baraga
Total: 1,069 sq mi (2,770 km )
Land: 898 sq mi (2,330 km )
Water: 171 sq mi (440 km ) 16%
Estimate 2025: 8,169
Density: 9.08/sq mi (3.51/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst: UTC−4 ( EDT )
Congressional district: 1st
Website: keweenawbay .org

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Baraga County (/ˈbɛərəɡə/ BAIR-ə-gə) is a county in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,158, making it Michigan's fifth-least populous county. The county seat is L'Anse. The county is named after Bishop Frederic Baraga, a Catholic missionary who ministered to the Ojibwa Indians in the Michigan Territory. The L'Anse Indian Reservation of the Ojibwa is within Baraga County.

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