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Michigan Facts: Lapeer County Facts: Seat: LapeerEstablished: 10 Sep 1822 Formed from: Oakland
Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: LAPEER, a county in the E. part of Michigan, contains about 900 square miles. It is drained by the sources of Flint and Belle rivers, and by Kearsley, Farmer's, and Mill creeks. The surface is gently undulating, and partly covered with forests of oak, maple, pine, &c.; the soil in some parts is fertile. Wheat, Indian corn, oats, hay, wool, and maple sugar are the staples. In 1850 this county produced 84,521 bushels of wheat; 66,967 of corn; 52,956 of oats, and 6875 tons of hay. It contained 7 churches and 1 newspaper office. Capital, Lapeer. Population, 7029. |