Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Houghton County, Michigan.

Official Website

Both the county and the city were named for Michigan State geologist and Detroit Mayor Douglass Houghton. It was part of Copper Country during the mining boom of the latter half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century.

Adjacent Counties

• Baraga County
• Iron County
• Keweenaw County
• Ontonagon County

Cities & Villages

• Calumet
• Copper City
• Hancock
• Houghton (County Seat)
• Lake Linden
• Laurium
• South Range

Other Townships & Communities: Adams, Atlantic Mine, Blue Jacket, Blue Jacket, Centennial, Chassell, Dakota Heights, Dodgeville, Dollar Bay, Donken, Dreamland, Duncan, Elm River, Franklin, Hubbell, Hurontown, Jacobsville, Kearsarge, Laird, Mason, Osceola, Painesdale, Portage, Quincy, Redridge, Ripley, Senter, Schoolcraft, Stanton, Tamarack City, Toivola, Torch Lake, Trimountain, Twin Lakes, White City and Yellow Jacket

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Michigan

Links

Wikipedia

Houghton County History

US Gen Net

National Register of Historic Places

Genealogy Trails

Keweenaw National Park (part)

Ottawa National Forest (part)

Houghton County Historical Society

MI Gen Web

MI Family History Network

French-Canadian Genealogical Research

RAOGK

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