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Baraga County
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Frederic Baraga
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Michigan
- Contains
- L'Anse
- Capital
- L'Anse
- Population
- 8158
- Area
- 2768
- Body of water
- Lake Superior
- Shares border with
- Houghton County
- Official website
- www.baragacounty.org
- Image
- Baraga County Courthouse and Annex.JPG
- Households
- 3188
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- Commons category
- Baraga County, Michigan
- topic's main category
- Category:Baraga County, Michigan
- inception
- 1875-02-19
- water as percent of area
- 16
- native label
- Baraga County
- social media followers
- 1362
- per capita income
- 23960
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Geography
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