Tuscola County is a county in the Thumb region of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census,the population was 53,323. The county seat is Caro. The county was created by Michigan Law on April 1,1840,from land in Sanilac County and attached to Saginaw County for administrative purposes. The Michigan Legislature passed an act on March 2,1850,that empowered the county residents to organize governmental functions.
Lapeer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census,the population was 88,619. The county seat is Lapeer. The county was created on September 18,1822,and was fully organized on February 2,1835. The name is a corruption of the French la pierre,which means "the stone". Lapeer County is located north of Detroit and east of Flint.
Caro is a city in and the county seat of Tuscola County,Michigan,United States. The population was 4,328 at the 2020 census and 4,145 at the 2000 census.
Cass City is a village in Elkland Township,Tuscola County in the Flint/Tri-Cities area of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,428 at the 2010 U.S. Census and 2,643 at the 2000 U.S. Census. It is located along M-81 approximately four miles (6.4 km) west of that highway's intersection with M-53. Cass City is surrounded by several communities including Colwood,Deford,Elmwood and Ellington.
Tuscola Township is a civil township of Tuscola County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,978 at the 2020 census.
Robert McClelland was an American statesman,serving as U.S. Representative from Michigan,the ninth governor of Michigan,and United States Secretary of the Interior.
John Stewart Barry was the fourth and eighth governor of Michigan. He was Michigan's only three-term governor in the 19th century. His main accomplishment was to rationalize state finances after the state's internal improvements fiasco.
The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan,so named because the Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten. The Thumb area is generally considered to be in the Central Michigan region,east of the Flint area and the Tri-Cities and north of Metro Detroit. The region is also branded as the Blue Water Area.
John Treadway Rich was an American politician serving as a U.S. Representative and the 23rd governor of Michigan.
The Cass River is a 61.5-mile-long (99.0 km) river in the Thumb region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It drains large portions of Sanilac and Tuscola counties and smaller portions of Genesee,Huron,Lapeer,and Saginaw counties.
Michigan's 7th congressional district is a United States congressional district in Southern Michigan and portions of Central Michigan. The current district,drawn in 2022,centers around Lansing,Michigan's state capital,and includes all of Clinton,Shiawassee,Ingham,and Livingston counties,as well as portions of Eaton,Genesee,and Oakland counties.
Michigan's 8th congressional district is a United States congressional district in Central Michigan. The district was first created in 1873,after redistricting following the 1870 census. From 2003 to 2013,it consisted of all of Clinton,Ingham,and Livingston counties,and included the southern portion of Shiawassee and the northern portion of Oakland counties. From 2013 to 2023,the district no longer covered Clinton or Shiawassee counties and instead covered more of Oakland County,including Rochester. In 2023,the district was redrawn to be centered on the city of Flint and the "Tri-Cities" metropolitan area around Saginaw,Midland,Bay City. The district includes all of Saginaw and Bay counties,almost all of Genesee County,and portions of Midland and Tuscola counties.
Robert P. Aitken was an American politician. He was a member of the Republican Party and served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1865 to 1868. He was also a township supervisor,a fire insurance company secretary,and a farmer.
John C. Dayton was a Michigan politician.
Deford is an unincorporated community in Tuscola County in the U.S. state of Michigan,located along Bruce/Deckerville Road west of the intersection with Kingston Road,north of Kingston and south of Cass City in the southeast corner of Novesta Township. The Deford Post Office with ZIP code 48729 serves the southern portion of the township as well as the northern portion of Kingston Township and areas in the northeast corner of Wells Township.
Kevin Daley is an American politician in the state of Michigan. A member of the Republican Party,he has been a member of the Michigan Senate since 2019,elected from the 26th district and 31st district. He was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from January 2009 to 2015. A dairy farmer,he was the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.
Allison R. Green was a Republican politician from Michigan who served in the Michigan House of Representatives,and as its Speaker during the 72nd Legislature. He was also appointed by Governor George Romney as Michigan's state treasurer in 1965,retiring from that position in 1978 as the longest-serving treasurer in Michigan history.
Fred B. Wells (1861–1932) was a Republican politician from Michigan who served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1915 through 1926. He served as Speaker of the House during the 53rd Legislature.
James Kirk (1879-1957) was a Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
John Caldwell was a nineteenth-century farmer and timber man of northern Michigan,associated with Missaukee County,Michigan. He was employed for several years by the Mitchell Brothers Company,a land agent firm in several states,dealing with large tracts of timber for making lumber. He homesteaded 100 acres,and had a diversified system of farming that proved successful.
