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Michigan's historical markers, on the maps of their own eras

Did your family live in Michigan? Load your tree to see which of these places stand near where they lived. Try it with your own tree

Markers from the Michigan Historical Marker Program now have permanent pages at TreeAlive, placing their full inscriptions, front and back, on georeferenced maps from the periods they commemorate.

1,796 marker pages, on more than 83,000 historical map sheets. Michigan History Center, credited on every page.

Every dot is a live page. Click one to preview it or add it to a road trip; many dots hold several markers each; click a busy spot to zoom in. Prefer a list? Browse all 1,796 markers by county.

Featured markers

The Landing of Cadillac / Le Debarquement de Cadillac
1701
See it on a period map
Fort Michilimackinac / Michilimackinac State Park
1701–1959
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Michigan's Three Capitols / Michigan State Capitol
1837–1879
See it on a period map
Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse
1856–1958
See it on a period map

What a Michigan family sees

TreeAlive maps family trees. When a visitor's ancestors lived in Michigan, the markers standing near those places surface automatically alongside their family's journey:

The Landing of Cadillac · near where a family lived along the Detroit River · Cadillac landed and planted the flag of France, July 24, 1701

When a marker stands near a place in your own tree, you have a personal reason to go see it. Open the live demo tree, choose the Crossings tab, and turn on Historical Markers to see the experience working (the demo family’s markers are in Pennsylvania; a Michigan family sees Michigan’s).

QR-ready, from day one

Every marker page has print-ready QR artwork. A scan at the sign opens the marker's page on the period map, no app to install. TreeAlive does no printing or installation.

Marker page links are permanent: identifiers are never reassigned, so a code printed today resolves for good.

QR code opening the The Landing of Cadillac / Le Debarquement de Cadillac marker page Scan: Landing of Cadillac marker

Find a marker

Browsing all 1,796 markers by county.

Alcona County 3
Alger County 6
Allegan County 23
Alpena County 8
Antrim County 10
Arenac County 1
Baraga County 5
Barry County 23
Bay County 20
Benzie County 10
Berrien County 29
Branch County 16
Calhoun County 76
Cass County 11
Charlevoix County 12
Cheboygan County 13
Chippewa County 18
Clare County 4
Clinton County 12
Crawford County 9
Delta County 6
Dickinson County 7
Eaton County 34
Emmet County 21
Genesee County 59
Gogebic County 7
Grand Traverse County 12
Gratiot County 8
Hillsdale County 16
Houghton County 14
Huron County 17
Ingham County 83
Ionia County 17
Iosco County 8
Iron County 5
Isabella County 11
Jackson County 25
Kalamazoo County 47
Kalkaska County 2
Kent County 50
Keweenaw County 4
Lake County 7
Lapeer County 14
Leelanau County 11
Lenawee County 36
Livingston County 27
Luce County 3
Mackinac County 39
Macomb County 57
Manistee County 17
Marquette County 13
Mason County 10
Mecosta County 14
Menominee County 5
Midland County 3
Monroe County 12
Montcalm County 2
Montmorency County 4
Muskegon County 27
Newaygo County 4
Oakland County 137
Oceana County 4
Ogemaw County 4
Ontonagon County 1
Osceola County 6
Oscoda County 2
Otsego County 3
Ottawa County 47
Presque Isle County 13
Roscommon County 4
Saginaw County 30
Sanilac County 16
Schoolcraft County 3
Shiawassee County 25
St. Clair County 45
St. Joseph County 16
Tuscola County 19
Van Buren County 18
Washtenaw County 57
Wayne County 270
Wexford County 9