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About Mecosta County
Mecosta County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 39,714. The county seat is Big Rapids.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
Mecosta County at a glance
- County seat
- Big Rapids
- Population
- 39,714 (2020)
- Land area
- 571 sq mi
- Founded
- 1840
Communities
Largest communities in Mecosta County
- Big Rapids county seat7,727
- Morton Township4,426
- Big Rapids Township3,917
- Green Charter Township3,219
- Canadian Lakes3,202
History of Mecosta County
The surveyor general approved the United States survey of Mecosta County on February 22, 1839, and the state legislature established the county boundaries on April 1, 1840. In 1852, John Davis purchased 160 acres (0.65 km2) in Mecosta Township and John Parish purchased 57 acres (230,000 m2) in Big Rapids. They were the first two permanent county residents. On July 20, 1852, the first family to reside in the county, William and Margaret Brockway and their two children, moved into a logging shanty on Mitchell Creek. On February 12, 1853, Alice Victoria Brockway was born to the couple. Alice was the first white child born in the county. In the spring of 1853, the Brockways moved to a 200-acre (0.81 km2) farm in Aetna Township. In March 1854, Zerah and George French and nine members of their family moved to a shanty close to Mitchell Creek and the Muskegon River.
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