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  Hillsdale County, Michigan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hillsdale County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan.
In the county the population was spread out with 26.30% under the age of 18, 10.00% from 18 to 24, 26.80% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 13.30% who were 65 years of age or older.
The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains vital records, administers public health regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of welfare and other social services.
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 Hillsdale, Michigan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hillsdale is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan.
On November 8, 2005, 18-year-old high school student Michael Sessions was elected mayor as a write-in candidate, defeating 51-year old incumbent Doug Ingles, and is believed to be the youngest mayor in the United States.
The city is situated mostly within Hillsdale Township, but is a municipality governed independently of the township.
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 Williams County, Ohio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Williams County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States.
In the county, the population was spread out with 26.20% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 28.70% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 13.90% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county was $40,735, and the median income for a family was $47,398.
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 Historic residents of Jonesville Michigan and Hillsdale County
Michigan Militia Captain Moses Allen, an enlisted veteran of the War of 1812, was a member of the original survey crew.
It was the first brick building in the County and still gives an aura of stately manner with 12 foot ceilings in the parlors and two wings on either side of the main structure.
However, because the majority of settlers in Hillsdale County admired and appreciated the local Indian population, Baw Beese and his people continued to co-exist with their white neighbors until the autumn of 1840.
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 Hillsdale County Chamber of Commerce located in Hillsdale, Michigan.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Grosvenor was head of the commission in charge of building the Michigan state capitol building, and his home was designed by the same architect as the capitol.
Hillsdale County is the headwater to five rivers, the St. Joseph, the Kalamazoo, the Grand, the Raisin and the St. Joseph of Maumee.
Hillsdale County Chamber members are from: Addison, Allen, Bankers, Bundy Hill, Cambria, Camden, Frontier, Hillsdale, Hudson, Jerome, Jonesville, Litchfield, Montgomery, Moscow, Moserville, North Adams, Osseo, Pittsford, Prattville, Ransom, Reading, Somerset, Somerset Center and Waldron, Michigan.
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 History of Hillsdale Michigan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The boundaries of the new county were the same as present- day, except for the southern border where a strip of land was lost to Ohio during the "Toledo Strip War." It was not the first war to affect this county, nor the last.
In 1839, the first newspaper, the Hillsdale County Gazette, was published on April 13, by James K. Kinman, an attorney and one of the early pioneers who credited Baw Beese for saving the lives of his sick family during a severe winter.
Hillsdale was itself a little wild during that period as rogues and rascals took the trains to the last stop on the line.
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 Hillsdale County, Michigan
Hillsdale County, named for its pleasant rolling green hills and valleys, was organized in 1839 with the city of Hillsdale as the county seat.
In 1843, the Michigan Southern Railroad, beginning at Monroe, was stopped here due to a construction delay, resulting in economic prosperity as Hillsdale became the railway’s western end.
Hillsdale County also has ample outdoor recreational opportunities, with over a hundred inland lakes, and containing the headwaters of the Grand, St. Joseph, Kalamazoo, Raisin and Maumee Rivers.
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 Michigan Counties - Hillsdale County
Hillsdale county was given its name because of the rolling green hills an valleys.
It is also the only county that borders two other states, Indiana and Ohio.
Hillsdale is the oldest major city in mid-Michigan.
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 Hillsdale County, Michigan Genealogical Records Information
The county is bounded on the north by Calhoun and Jackson Counties, on the east by Lenawee County, on the west by Branch County and Steuben County Indiana.
The 1832 Black Hawk War disturbed the routine of the early pioneers in Hillsdale County, as did the border dispute with Ohio in 1835.
During the pioneer era in the county (1825-1843), the county experienced a tremendous growth in population.
www.mymichigangenealogy.com /mi_county/hi.htm   (3657 words)

  
 Hillsdale County Chamber of Commerce located in Hillsdale, Michigan.
The Economic Growth Group (EGG) of Hillsdale County is one of the newest formed committees of the Chamber.
Hillsdale County is in the midst of a season on change.
Now, with the rapid rise of competition from overseas, many in Hillsdale County have come to realize that we must change and adapt to the new world marketplace if we are going to survive as the pleasant heartland community we are today.
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 Hillsdale, Michigan 49242 - InfoMI.com
Hillsdale is the county seat of Hillsdale County.
It is located in the center of the county and was named after the county for the rolling "hills and dales" of the surrounding countryside northwest of Baw Beese Lake.
Hillsdale is also the home of Hillsdale College, the first coeducational parochial college in the state, established in 1844.
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 City of Hillsdale, Michigan
Hillsdale County, the City of Hillsdale was established in 1839 and chartered in 1869.
Hillsdale College, and numerous industrial, commercial and residential developments that provide a variety of opportunities to people from local and surrounding areas.
Hillsdale County has 350 lakes and ponds, and is the headwaters of five major rivers.
www.ci.hillsdale.mi.us   (461 words)

  
 Top 20 Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In the county the population is spread out with 28.30% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 28.70% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 12.70% who are 65 years of age or older.
County coroner: Determines causes of death in certain cases; is the only person with the power to arrest the sheriff.
Elections are administered in each county by a four-member board of elections which consists of two Republicans and two Democrats appointed by the Ohio Secretary of State at the recommendation of each county party.
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 Hillsdale County Michigan chat room   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Hillsdale County Michigan rooms in various categories and a directory of other sites.
Hillsdale County Michigan chat communities for teens, adults, singles.
Hillsdale County Michigan chat offers the chance to make new friends, date, and flirt.
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 Hillsdale County Michigan personals service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Hillsdale County Michigan Personals dating service for singles looking for love and romance.
Hillsdale County Michigan Social groups, dating spots, single parents, places to meet, where to find personals ads.
Hillsdale County Michigan Free personals, advice on writing personal ads, chat rooms, and singles dating services.
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 Hillsdale County Michigan dating agency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Hillsdale County Michigan dating service that organizes matchmaking parties in local bars allowing singles to quickly meet new people on dates.
Hillsdale County Michigan Match Makerinterview and a questionaire to bring together prospective partners.
Hillsdale County Michigan dating service dedicated to providing social contacts for people with physical and mental disabilities.
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 The Political Graveyard: Hillsdale County, Mich.
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
Michigan state house of representatives from Hillsdale County, 1843; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,
U.S. District Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1927-28; candidate in primary for
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 Hillsdale County Chamber of Commerce located in Hillsdale, Michigan.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Hillsdale County Chamber of Commerce holds a quarterly Chamber Lottery.
If the number that you purchase is drawn in the Michigan Daily 3 Evening Draw at 7:30 PM, you win.
Tickets are available at the Hillsdale County Chamber of Commerce office, Ann Dee's Tavern of North Adams and from members of Kiwanis Club of Hillsdale, Pittsford Lions Club, Litchfield Chamber of Commerce and the Jonesville Fire Department.
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 Miscellaneous Hillsdale County, Michigan Obituaries
Marie is survived by two sons, Wendell (Ethel) Wriker of Hillsdale and Weldon "Shorty" (Pat) Wriker of Jonesville; one sister, Beatrice Helie of Chula Vista CA; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Ethel is survived by a daughter, Naomi (George) Gochanour of Litchfield and a son, Nolan (Shirley) Hergert of Hillsdale.
Surviving Louise are one step-daughter, Edris (Dow) Murray of Hillsdale; two step-sons, Edwin Delcamp of Maumee, Ohio and Stewart (Judy) Delcamp of Florida; three sisters, Marjorie Pinkam of St. Petersburg, Florida, Betty Cunningham and Roberta Ellis both of Hudson; several nieces and nephews.
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 Hillsdale County, Michigan MI, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Hillsdale County is one of 83 counties in Michigan.
This was an increase of 2.03% from the 2000 census.
Hillsdale County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election.
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 Local Government of Hillsdale County Michigan
Located in the central part of the southern tier of lower Michigan counties, Hillsdale County was named for the terrain which features "hills and dales." A "dale" is a valley, or an elongated depression of the earth's surface commonly situated between ranges of hills or mountains.
Topographical maps indicate that the highest point in the county is located at the corners of Wood and Kelso Roads in Wheatland Township.
Spring fed, the rivers flow north, south, east and west from the highlands.
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 Hillsdale County Michigan USGenWeb Project Biographies
The Weatherington brothers of Wright Twp., Hillsdale Co., are well-known throughout Southern Mich. as extensive general farmers and stockraisers and as owners of the imported English Shire draft horse, Black Rock, one of the finest stock horses in the U.S. Their beautiful farming estate is located on section 35.
Thence they came to Pittsford Twp., this county, and after a residence of six years on the farm, took up their abode in the city of Hillsdale where the death of the mother occurred in April 1875.
On 10/25/1875, in Hillsdale, Thomas Henry married Margaret M. She was born in the village of Dundrum, five miles outside of Dublin, on 8/20/1853.
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 Hillsdale County, Michigan houses, real estate, agriculture, wages, work, ancestries, and more
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Hillsdale County is $437 a month.
Hillsdale County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Michigan state average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 2 fatalities and 45 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
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 Hillsdale County, Michigan Farm Directory, 1919-24
Hillsdale County, Michigan, with a total of 4,298 farms in an area of 597 square miles, was distinctly a farm county in the 1920s.
The county is located in the southern portion of the state, on the state line.
This database is a directory of more than 10,300 residents in the Hillsdale County area between 1919 and 1924.
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 Hillsdale County%2C MI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Hillsdale College, founded in 1844, is an independent, coeducational, residential college for about 1,200 students.
Hillsdale Dance Association is the home of the Hillsdale All-Stars Dance Team, a competitive dance team consisting of girls in grades five through eight.
A camping and rock and roll live music festival in the village of Jonesville, Hillsdale County, held annualy the third weekend of July.
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 History of Hillsdale County, Michigan - WoodbridgeTwp
The township of Woodbridge, lying in the interior of the county, a little southwest of the centre, was formed from Fayette in 1840.
While a resident of the latter county he purchased his present homestead in Woodbridge, and the deed for his land bears the bold signature of Andrew Jackson.
By an act of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, approved Jan. 28, 1840, Woodbridge was formed from Fayette.
www.jowest.net /Research/HistoryOfHillsdaleCoMIWoodbridgeTwp.htm   (4135 words)

  
 MHAL - Hillsdale County
For additional local and state government records with potential genealogical value, see the Archival Circulars for records maintained at the Archives of Michigan.
Anne Norlander, Calhoun County Clerk-Register, and Toni Fritz, the Clerk-Register's Administrative Assistant, conducted a survey of offices in 1993 in order to make this information available to the public.
Click Michigan County Clerks for other entries in the Michigan County Clerks Directory.
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