Ogemaw (other)
Ogemaw, a variant spelling of ogema, is derived from the Anishinaabemowin word ogimaa meaning "chief", may refer to the following places in the U.S. state of Michigan: * Ogemaw County, Michigan * Ogemaw Township, Michigan See also *John Okemos John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

Ogema (other)
Ogema, derived from the Anishinaabemowin word ''ogimaa'' meaning "chief", may refer to: *Ogema, Minnesota, a city in Becker County, Minnesota, United States *Ogema, Wisconsin, a town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States *Ogema (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Price County, Wisconsin, United States *Ogema Township, Minnesota, a township in Pine County, Minnesota, United States *Ogema, Saskatchewan, a town in Saskatchewan, Canada (named by switching the positions of the consonants in "Omega"—the town was at the end of the rail line, but another town was already called Omega) See also *John Okemos * Ogemaw * Sachem Sachems and sagamores are paramount chiefs among the Algonquians or other Native American tribes of northeastern North America, including the Iroquois. The two words are anglicizations of cognate terms (c. 1622) from different Eastern Al ...

Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the largest by area east of the Mississippi River.''i.e.'', including water that is part of state territory. Georgia is the largest state by land area alone east of the Mississippi and Michigan the second-largest. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies. Its name derives from a gallicized variant of the original Ojibwe word (), meaning "large water" or "large lake". Michigan consists of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula resembles the shape of a mitten, and comprises a majority of the state's land area. The Upper Peninsula (often called "the U.P.") is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a channel that joins Lak ...
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Ogemaw County, Michigan
Ogemaw County ( ') is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 20,770. The county seat is West Branch. The county newspaper of record is the ''Ogemaw Herald''. History Ogemaw County started as part of the Virginia Land owned by England. After the Revolutionary War, it broke up into smaller and smaller pieces. The county was originally created by the Michigan Legislature in 1840 from unorganized territory, but was absorbed into Iosco County in 1867. It was re-created in 1873, and was finally organized in 1875. The county's name is an Anglicization of the Anishinaabemowin word ''ogimaa'', meaning "chief". Ogemaw's name came from an eloquent, respected Native American orator named Little Elk. One of the first settlements in the county was Ogemaw Springs, the genesis of lumbering operations in the county. The settlement of Ogemaw Springs ended when the lumber industry in the region ended. (Due to the lumber industry, railways were b ...
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Ogemaw Township, Michigan
Ogemaw Township ( ') is a civil township of Ogemaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,223 at the 2010 census. Communities *Ogemaw Springs is an unincorporated community located at . It contained its own post office from 1873–1893. Ogemaw Springs was one of the county's first settlements. It contains a small natural spring and is listed as a Michigan State Historic Site. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.27%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,118 people, 444 households, and 329 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 559 housing units at an average density of 15.4 per square mile (5.9/km). The racial makeup of the township was 98.30% White, 0.09% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.27% Pacific Islander, 0.18% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race ...
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