Lapeer County

Lapeer County is a Michigan historical marker in Lapeer, Lapeer County, dedicated 1958.

Lapeer County · dedicated 1958 · Nepessing Street, M-21, Lapeer

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Set off by Gov. Cass in 1822, this county took its name from the French La Pierre, a translation of the Indian name for the Flint River. Settlers began to arrive in 1828. The county seat, founded in 1831, was also named Lapeer. Organization of the county government took place in 1835. This courthouse, built in 1839, is the oldest one still in use in Michigan. Farming is the county’s principal economic activity, and it was here that the first local Grange in Michigan was founded in 1872.

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