Menominee County ( ) is a

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located in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,502. The

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. The county's name comes from an

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word meaning "wild rice eater" used to describe the Menominee people. The county was created in 1861 from area partitioned out of Delta County, under the name of Bleeker. When county government was organized in 1863, the name was changed to Menominee. Menominee County is part of the Marinette, WI–MI micropolitan statistical area.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (22%) is water.

Major highways

* – enters west line of county from Dickinson County. Runs E to intersection with US 41 at Powers. * – runs north from S tip of county to Powers, then E through Wilson and Indiantown into Delta County. * – runs NE from Menominee along edge of Green Bay, into Delta County. * – runs NW-SE through northern part of county. Passes Labranche, Whitney, and Perronville.

Airport

* Menominee–Marinette Twin County Airport - in NW Menominee, is a public-owned public-use general-aviation airport.

Adjacent counties

By land * Dickinson County (northwest) * Marquette County (north,

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border) * Delta County (northeast, Eastern Time Zone border) By the Menominee River * Marinette County, Wisconsin (west) By Green Bay * Door County, Wisconsin (east)

Communities

Cities

(county seat) * Stephenson

Villages

* Carney * Daggett * Powers

Civil townships

* Cedarville Township * Daggett Township * Faithorn Township * Gourley Township * Harris Township * Holmes Township * Ingallston Township * Lake Township * Mellen Township * Menominee Township * Meyer Township * Nadeau Township * Spalding Township * Stephenson Township

Unincorporated communities

* Birch Creek * Cedar River * Cunard * Eagles Nest * Faithorn * Harris * Hannahville * Hermansville * Indiantown * Ingalls * Labranche * Leapers * Nadeau * Perronville * Wallace * Whitney * Wilson''Menominee County'' Google Maps (accessed 13 September 2018)
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Indian reservations

*The Hannahville Indian Community occupies several scattered territories within Menominee County, mostly within Harris Township and a small piece extending into Gourley Township. Another smaller piece extends east into neighboring Bark River Township in Delta County.

Demographics

In 2020, the county had a population of 23,502.

Education

School districts include: * Bark River-Harris School District * Carney-Nadeau Public Schools * Menominee Area Public Schools * Norway-Vulcan Area Schools * North Central Area Schools * Stephenson Area Public Schools Hannahville Indian School, a

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-affiliated tribal school (which also functions as a charter school), is in the county.

Government

Menominee County was strongly Republican-leaning at its start, but has been more middle-leaning during the 20th century. Since 1876, the Republican Party nominee has carried the county vote in 69% of the elections (25 of 36 elections). In 2016,

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became the first Republican to carry the county by over 60 percentage points since 1920, and he improved his margin in both subsequent elections.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ Menominee County operates the County jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, records deeds, mortgages, and vital records, administers

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regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of social services. The county board of commissioners controls the budget and has limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions – police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance etc. – are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.

Elected officials

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: Jeffrey Rogg *

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: Darrin Kudwa * County Clerk/ Register of Deeds: Marc Kleiman * County Treasurer: Barbara Parrett * Drain Commissioner: Caleb Kleiman * Road Commissioners: Ken Bower, James Marsicek, Leonard Kosewski

References

External links

Menominee County web siteMenominee County Profile, Sam M Cohodas Regional Economist, Tawni Hunt Ferrarini, Ph.D.
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