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Official Website
This was historically part of the territory of the Lake Superior Band of Chippewa, which had twelve bands in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Lac Vieux Desert Indian Reservation is in this county, in Watersmeet Township; it is the land base of one of the federally recognized tribes.
Gogebic County was organized in 1887, partitioned from Ontonagon County. The county's name derives from a lake of the same name, which was originally rendered Agogebic. Sources agree that the name is from Ojibwe, but differ on the original meaning. The county's website suggests it meant "body of water hanging on high," but an 1884 military annal said it meant "water-mold lake" (Agogibing).
Adjacent Counties
- Ashland County, Wisconsin
- Iron County
- Iron County, Wisconsin
- Ontonagon County
- Vilas County, Wisconsin
Cities & Townships
- Bessemer (County Seat)
- Erwin
- Ironwood
- Marenisco
- Wakefield
- Watersmeet
Other Communities: Anvil, Connorville, Dunham, Harley, Lac View Desert Indian Reservation, Puritan, Ramsay, Siemens, Tamarack, Thayer, Thomaston, Tula and Wellington
Links
Ottawa National Forest (part)
National Register of Historic Places
Michigan Family History Network
Gogebic Range City Directories - 1888-1947
