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Shiawassee
Shiawassee was founded in 1822 and organized in 1837. As of the 2010 census, the population was 70,648. The county seat is Corunna. The county is named for the Shiawassee River, and means 'river that twists about'.
Shiawassee County is surrounded by Saginaw County, Genesee County, Clinton County, Livingston County, Ingham County, and Gratiot County.
Selected general works
Ellis, Franklin.
History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan: with illustrations and biographical sketches of their prominent men and pioneers. 1880, 1998.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.S7 H6 1998
Caldwell, Norman C.
Footsteps: a biography of the elected Shiawassee County surveyors, 1837-1997, and Michigan statutes relating to the office. 1997.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N TA532 .C35 1997
Han, Lila.
Echoes of yesteryears: a brief history of Shiawassee County, the naming of our townships, our roads, our hamlets and our towns, plus our early post offices and stage coach stops, Shiawassee County road commissioners 1912-1996, the Shiawassee County surveyors 1823-1995. 1996.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.S7 H36 1996
Shiawassee County Historical Society.
Echoes of yesteryears: Shiawassee County schools ... 1837-1987. 1988.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N LA308.S47 E35 1988
Zdunic, Margaret Younce.
Shiawassee County: 150th anniversary historical booklet, tour guide. 1987.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.S7 Z35 1987
Selected newspapers
Laingsburg.
Laingsburg Press. 1926-1962, 1975-1976.
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Owosso.
Argus-Press. 1972-2018.
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Owosso.
Owosso Argus-Press. 1916-1972.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Perry.
Perry Journal. 1899-1902, 1904-1906 and 1910-1937.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Perry.
Shiawassee County Journal. 1937-1959 and 1987-1991.
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Selected plats, maps, and atlases
Boyd, Gregory A.
Family maps of Shiawassee County, Michigan: with homesteads, roads, waterways, towns, cemeteries, railroads, and more. 2007.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.S7 B69 2007
Geil and Jones.
Map of the counties of Genesee & Shiawassee, Michigan / from actual surveys & official records by Geil & Jones; surveys by J.W. Stout, J.D. Nash & C. Wilson; engraved on stone by Herline & Hensel. 1859.
LIB OF MICH RARE MICH MAPS 4N G4113.G4G46 1859 .G45
Atlas Publishing Co..
Illustrated atlas of Shiawassee County, Michigan. 1895.
LIB OF MICH RARE MICH 4N Folio G1413.S7 A48 1895
W.W. Hixson & Co.
Plat book of Shiawassee County, Michigan. 1930?.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N G 1413 .S7 H5 1930z
Michigan Grand River Watershed Council.
Grand River tributary canoeing maps, Maple River. 1976.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN FLAT FILE 2N Undersize G4112.M372E63 1976 .M5
Selected records, indexes, and transcriptions
Thomas, Len.
Civil War gravesites : a compilation of Genesee, Lapeer and Shiawassee Counties. 2016.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.G3 T5 2016
Shiawassee County Historical Society.
Echoes of yesteryears : Owosso schools historical records 1837-2003. 2003.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F574.O9 E34 2003
Shiawassee County Historical Society.
Articles, 1872-1877, Shiawassee County, MI. 1992.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.S7 A7 1992
Hazelton, Frances Herber.
Laingsburg paper, 11 Feb 1926-end of 1967, Shiawassee Co., Michigan. 2001.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F574.L36 H394 2001
Hazelton, Frances Herber.
The Durand express, death & obit's [sic], Feb. 1879-end 1978, Shiawasee [sic] Co., Michigan. 1998.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F574.D87 H393 1998
Selected government publications
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge.
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge. 1996.
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Soil Conservation Service, Agriculture Dept..
Soil survey, Shiawassee County, Mich.. 1974.
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Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Water Bureau.
Chronic toxicity assessment of Owosso/Mid-Shiawassee Co. WWTP outfall 001 effluent and new pathogen interference control method trial, Owosso, Michigan, May 13-20, 2005. 2005.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL TD224.M5 S8-05/119
Project Outreach of the Michigan State Board of Education.
Attitudes and opinions of voters toward special education services in Shiawassee Intermediate School District : a public opinion survey of registered voters in Shiawassee ISD. 1988.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL LC3983.S55 A88 1988
Updated 1/27/2023