Cheboygan County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,579. The county seat is Cheboygan. The county boundaries were set off in 1840, with land partitioned from Michilimackinac County. The Cheboygan County government was organized and combined with the former Wyandot County in 1853.
Etymology
The name of the county shares the same origin as that of the Cheboygan River, although the precise meaning is no longer known. It may have come from an Ojibwe word zhaabonigan, meaning "sewing needle". Alternatively, the origin may have been Chabwegan, meaning "a place of ore". It has also been described as "a Native American word first applied to the river." The county is considered to be part of Northern Michigan.
Adjacent counties
By land
- Presque Isle County - east
- Montmorency County - southeast
- Otsego County - south
- Charlevoix County - southwest
- Emmet County - west
By water
- Mackinac County - north
Communities
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City
- Cheboygan (county seat)
Villages
- Mackinaw City (part)
- Wolverine
Civil townships
- Aloha Township
- Beaugrand Township
- Benton Township
- Burt Township
- Duncan Township (defunct)
- Ellis Township
- Forest Township
- Grant Township
- Hebron Township
- Inverness Township
- Koehler Township
- Mackinaw Township
- Maple Grove Township (defunct)
- Mentor Township
- Mullett Township
- Munro Township
- Nunda Township
- Tuscarora Township
- Walker Township
- Waverly Township
- Wilmot Township
Census-designated places
- Indian River
- Tower
Other unincorporated communities
- Afton
- Aloha
- Alverno
- Birchwood
- Black Lake
- Burt Lake
- Chippewa Beach
- Cold Springs
- Elmhurst
- Fingerboard Corner
- Freedom
- Giauque Beach
- Grand View (Beaugrand Township)
- Grand View (Tuscarora Township)
- Grand View Beach
- Haakwood
- Hangore Heights
- High Banks
- Indianville
- Ingleside
- Kingsley Beach
- Legrand
- Long Point
- Mackinaw Heights
- Manning
- Miami Beach
- Mullett Lake
- Mullett Lake Woods
- Orchard Beach
- Pine Grove Beach
- Pittsburg Landing
- Point Nipigon
- Pries Landing
- Riggsville
- Rondo
- Royal Oak Beach
- Silver Beach
- Springwell Heights
- Topinabee
- Trowbridge
- Veery Point
- Wauban Beach
- Weadock
- Wildwood
Indian reservations
- Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
- Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians