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Montmorency County
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county in Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- Founded
- 1840 (created), 1881 (organized)
- Named after
- House of Montmorency
- Seat
- Atlanta
- Largest settlement
- Lewiston , Hillman (incorporated)
- Total
- 563 sq mi (1,460 km )
- Land
- 547 sq mi (1,420 km )
- Water
- 16 sq mi (41 km ) 2.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,842
- Density
- 18/sq mi (6.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- montcounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- House of Montmorency
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Michigan
- Contains
- Atlanta
- Capital
- Atlanta
- Population
- 9153
- Area
- 1457
- Shares border with
- Cheboygan County
- Official website
- www.montmorencycountymichigan.us
- Image
- 1842 Negissee Okkuddo Cheonoquet Wabbassee Shawwano Oscoda counties Michigan.jpg
- Households
- 4490
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- topic's main category
- Category:Montmorency County, Michigan
- Commons category
- Montmorency County, Michigan
- inception
- 1881-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 2.8
- native label
- Montmorency County
- per capita income
- 25221
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Encyclopedic overview
Montmorency County (/ˌmɒntməˈrɛnsi/ MONT-mə-REN-see) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,153, making it the second-least populous county in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, behind its southern neighbor, Oscoda County. The county seat is Atlanta.
Montmorency County is part of Northern Michigan, and is part of the Lake Huron watershed. The Thunder Bay River, which drains much of the county, flows to Lake Huron's Thunder Bay at Alpena.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montmorency County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.