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Mason

The area known originally as “Notipekago” or “Not-a-pe-ka-gon,” was renamed Mason in 1843 for Michigan’s young governor, Stephens T. Mason. It was formally organized in 1855 by PA 171. “Air Conditioned by Nature,” the area is home to Lake Michigan shoreline, car ferries, beautiful state parks, and renowned fishing opportunities.

Selected general works

 Anderson, Russell Francis
Historic Not-a-pe-ka-gon: an individualized history of Mason County, Michigan. 1933.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.M36 A6

Anderson, William M.
The Ludington Mariners: minor league baseball in a maritime community. 1992.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N GV 875.L84 A54

Hawley Rose D.
The Old House remembers. 1968.
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Mason County Historical Society.
Mason County pictorial history. 1987.
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Newkirk, Connie
By river and rail: a tour of Mason County settlements. 1988.
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Selected newspapers

Freesoil.
Mason County star. 1915-1918.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

Ludington.
The Ludington daily news. 1913-2021.
LIB OF MICH CURRENT NEWSPAPERS 2N

Ludington.
Ludington record-appeal. 1901-1913.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

Scottville.
Mason County enterprise. 1918-1929.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

White Pine.
White-Pine record-appeal. 1985.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2S Oversize F574.W4776 W45 v.2

Selected plats, maps, and atlases

Ludington Chamber of Commerce (Mich.).
Survey: Ludington, Michigan, 1956. 1956.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F574.L84 S8

Mitchell, J. A.
Map of the county of Mason, Michigan. 1897.
LIB OF MICH RARE MICH MAPS 4N G4113.M36 G46 1897 .M58

Rockford Map Publishers.
Tri-annual atlas & plat book, Mason County, Michigan. 1966.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N G 1413 .M36 R63

W.W. Hixson & Co.
Plat book of Mason County, Michigan. 1930-1939.
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Selected records, indexes, and transcriptions

Frandenburg-Kelley, Ruth Ann.
Index of Native American vital records: births, deaths, marriages, Mason County, Michigan. 1997.
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Mason County.
Directories. 1963-1985.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N JS3.M52 M38z

Parkin, Nona
Mason County, Michigan, cemetery records. 1963.
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Symonds, Marilyn Hawley.
Transcript and index of the 1890 special census of surviving soldiers, etc., of Mason County. 1965.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.M36 S956

Williams, E. Gray.
First land owners of Mason County, Michigan: internal boundary changes and township development. 1967.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM 2S F572.M36 W5 1967a reel 1

Selected government publications

Elowski, Ronald C.
Mason County bedrock geology. 2002.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL FLAT FILE (3rd floor closed stx) G4113.M36 C5 2000.E46a

Mason County (Mich.). Board of Supervisors.
Official proceedings. 1954/55
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N JS3.M52 M383z

Michigan. Department of Economic Expansion. Research Division.
Industry supplement. Mason County data sheet: business establishments, 1962, by industry division and comparison with 1959. 1964.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL HC105.M5 M36

Michigan. Economic Development Department. Research Division.
Mason County: supplementary economic data sheet. 1958.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL HC107.M52 M3762

United States. Federal Highway Administration.
Construction of proposed US-31 from the Oceana-Mason County line north to US-31/US-10: Summit, County, Michigan, federal project number F 2-5 (): administrative action, final environmental statement. 1975.
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Updated 12/29/2022