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Saginaw County was organized in 1835 from unorganized territory. The boundary between Saginaw and Bay counties were adjusted in 1875 and 1881. The most likely origin of the county name is from the Ojibwe words for “place of the outlet” from sag (opening) and ong (place of).
The county seat is Saginaw. The county is bordered by Bay, Tuscola, Genesee, Shiawassee, Gratiot and Midland counties.
Mills, James Cooke.
History of Saginaw County, Michigan; historical, commercial, biographical. 1918, reprint 1992.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.S17 M65 v.1-2 and F572.S17 M652 1992
History of Saginaw County, Michigan ; together with sketches of its cities ... portraits ... and biographies ... History of Michigan. 1975 reprint of 1881.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.S17 H57z 1975
Portrait and biographical record of Saginaw and Bay counties, Michigan. 1892 and 1998 reprint.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.S17 P8
Saginaw News, The
Looking back : a pictorial retrospective of Saginaw County : the 1800s to today. 2009.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.S17 L66 2009
Ederer, Roselynn.
Once upon a lumber town. 2001.
LIB OF MICH F572.S17 E37 V.3
Chesaning.
Chesaning Argus. 1877-1924; 1935-1973.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Chesaning.
Chesaning Montrose Argus. 1973-1983.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Saginaw.
Saginaw News. 1893, 1936-2018.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Saginaw.
Saginaw News Courier. 1918-1927.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
East Saginaw.
East Saginaw Courier. 1859-1866.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Saint Charles.
St. Charles Union. 1900-1959, 1971-1972.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Boyd, Gregory A.
Family maps of Saginaw County, Michigan : with homesteads, roads, waterways, towns, cemeteries, railroads… 2008.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.S17 B69 2008
Rockford Map Publishers.
Atlas and plat book, Saginaw County, Michigan. [title varies] 1955, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N G 1413 .S2 R625 yr
W.W. Hixson.
Plat book of Saginaw County, Michigan. 1930?.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N G1413.S2 H53 1930
Geological Survey (US).
Michigan Saginaw quadrangle. 1919.
LIB OF MICH US DOCS FLAT FILE 2N I 19.81 : Saginaw
Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Standard atlas of Saginaw County, Michigan: including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county… 1916 and 1976 reprint
LIB OF MICH RARE MICH 4N Folio G1413.S2 O3 1916 and LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N Oversize G 1413 .S2 G46 B44z 1976
Saginaw County, Michigan surname index: Brady Township-deaths, burials: Chapin Township-births, deaths, 1906-1939. Between 1990 and 1999.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.S17 S34 1990z
Zorn, Lenard S.
First land purchasers of Saginaw County, Michigan. 1987.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.S17 Z6 1987
Marriage records from Saginaw County marriages and death records, 1867-1882. 1950.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.S17 M377 1950 and MICROFILM 2S F572.S17 M377 1950a
Palaszeski, Lois.
Oakley Cemetery. 1993.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F574.O32 P35 1993
Saginaw County cemeteries. 1982-.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.S17 S33 (v.1-6)
Economic profile of Saginaw County. 1975, 1977, 1986.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL HC107.M5 A1 Saginaw
Community profile: Frankenmuth. Publication Year.
LIB OF MICH - MICH DOCS 2S HC108.F73 C66 1986
Saginaw County, Michigan.
Examination of the accounts and records of Saginaw County for the year ended .... 1974-76.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL HJ9259.S24 E93 yr
Jenks, Jeffrey.
Black conditions in the Bay - Saginaw - Flint region. 1986.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL E185.93.M5 J462 1986
Saginaw County community health profile. 1995.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL RC407.4.M5 S34 1995
Updated 1/31/2023