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Newaygo

Believed to be named for Ojibwa Chief Maw-wa-goo who signed the Treaty of Saginaw in 1812, it was first organized as a county in 1851.

Selected general works

Spooner, Harry L.
Cradle days of Newaygo County. 1962.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   F 572.N5 S62z

Wantz, Terry Earl.
The forming of Newaygo County from 1836: it's townships, settlements and post offices. 1997.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   F572.N5 W35 1997

Newaygo County Society of History and Genealogy
Newaygo County: 1850-1920. 2006.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   F572.N5 N493 2006

Newaygo County Society of History & Genealogy
Newaygo County history and biographies. 2006.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   F572.N5 N475 2006 (volumes 1-2)

Newaygo County Historical Society. Museum Committee.
Newaygo County yesteryear. 1979.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   F572.N5 N32z (volumes 1-2)

Selected newspapers

Fremont.
The Fremont Times. 1878-1911.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

Newaygo
Newaygo County sun. 1973-1980.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

Grant
The Grant herald and independent. 1937-1971.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

Newaygo.
Newaygo Republican. 1870-1973.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

White Cloud.
The White Cloud Eagle. 1907-1973.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

Selected plats, maps, and atlases

Hayes, E. L.
Atlas of Newaygo County, Michigan / compiled and drawn for the publisher by E. L. Hayes; to which is added a township map of Michigan, a railroad map of the United States & map of the world. 1880.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM 2S  F566 .C67 1973 r.63 no.197

Boyd, Gregory A.
Family maps of Newaygo County, Michigan: with homesteads, roads, waterways, towns, cemeteries, railroads, and more. 2008.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   F572.N5 B69 2008

Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Standard atlas of Newaygo County, Michigan: including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county. Map of the state, United States and world. Patrons directory, reference business directory and departments devoted to general information. 1900.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM 2S  F566 .C67 1973 r.63 no.195

Rockford Map Publishers.
Farm plat book, Newaygo County, Michigan. 1955.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   G 1413.N4 R625 1955

Selected records, indexes, and transcriptions

Taylor, Ronald Steven.
Historical gazetteer of Newaygo County, Michigan. 1985.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   F 572.N5 T3z

Cemetery headstone inscriptions, Newago Co. 1983.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM 2S  F572.N5 C4 1983 reels 1-2

Daughters of the American Revolution
Marriages in Newaygo County, Michigan, 1851-1866 / copied by Mrs. Fletcher Robinson and Miss Virginia Ford. 1966.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM 2S  F572.N5 M3 1966a

Sawyer, Evelyn M.
Index to the 1884 Newaygo County, Michigan state census. 1997.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   F572.N5 S38 1997

Newaygo County marriage records, 1852-1866. 1951.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM 2S  F572.N5 N4 1951

Selected government publications

Newaygo County
Examination of the records and accounts of Newaygo County for the calendar year of ....1954-1970.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL    HJ9259.N49 E93

Newaygo County Board of Education.
Directory of school officers and teachers. 1961-1983.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   L163.N49 D57

Newaygo County Genealogical Society.
Abstracts of naturalization records of Newaygo County: genealogical card file ca. 1853-1980. 1983.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM 2S  F572.N5 E3 1983

Updated 1/25/2023