This section of our database contains reference material on the various places connected to the slave stampedes and escapes uncovered in our research. Our source material includes period gazetteers, almanacs, and assorted map publications, such as Mitchell's New Atlas (1857), which provided most of the colored images for our state and county maps. Currently, our database contains more than 1,100 place records.
Places Banner

All States // Missouri // Illinois // Iowa

Displaying 701 - 750 of 1182

State: Michigan

Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN

Latitude:
Longitude:

Lansing, MI

Latitude:
Longitude:

Lapeer County, MI

LAPEER COUNTY, situated on the easterly part of Michigan. Area, 828 square miles. Seat of justice, Lapeer. Pop. in 1840, 4,265; in 1850, 7,029. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Leelanau County, MI

Founded in 1840 from part of Mackinac County.

Latitude:
Longitude:

Lenawee County, MI

LENAWEE COUNTY, situated on the south boundary of Michigan. Area, 735 square miles. Seat of justice, Adrian. Pop. in 1830, 1,491; in 1840, 17,889. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Livingston County, MI

LIVINGSTON COUNTY, situated toward the east part of Michigan. Area, 576 miles. Seat of justice, Howell. Pop. in 1840, 7,430; in 1850, 13,485. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Mackinac County, MI

Latitude:
Longitude:

Mackinac Island, MI

Latitude:
Longitude:

Macomb County, MI

MACOMB COUNTY, situated in the east part of Michigan, on Lake St. Clair. Area, 485 square miles. Face of the country, undulating; soil, fertile. Seat of justice, Mount Clemens. Pop. in 1830, 2,413; in 1840, 9,716; in 1850, 15,530. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Manistee County, MI

MANISTEE COUNTY, situated on the west boundary of Michigan, on Lake Michigan, and traversed by Manistee river. Area, -------- square miles. Seat of justice, Manitee. Pop. in 1850, 65. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Marquette County, MI

MARQUETTE COUNTY, situated in the northwest part of the northerly peninsula of Michigan, on Lake Superior. Area, -------- square miles. Seat of justice, ---------- . Pop. in 1850, 136. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Mason County, MI

Founded in 1840 from part of Mackinac County.

Latitude:
Longitude:

Mecosta County, MI

Founded in 1840 from parts of Mackinac and Oceana Counties.

Latitude:
Longitude:

Menominee County, MI

Founded in 1861 as Bleeker County from part of Delta County. Renamed Menominee County in 1863.

Latitude:
Longitude:

Michigan

Latitude:
Longitude:

Michigan State Capitol, Lansing, MI

Latitude:
Longitude:

Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

Latitude:
Longitude:

Midland County, MI

MIDLAND COUNTY, situated in the east part of Michigan, on Saginaw bay, and traversed by Titibawassee river. Area, -------- square miles. Seat of justice, Midland. Pop. in 1850, 95. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Missaukee County, MI

Founded in 1840 from parts of Mackinac County.

Latitude:
Longitude:

Monroe County, MI

MONROE COUNTY, situated at the southeast corner of Michigan, on Lake Erie. Area, 540 square miles. Seat of justice, Monroe. Pop. in 1820, 1,831; in 1830, 3,187; in 1840, 9,922; in 1850, 14,698. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Monroe, MI

Latitude:
Longitude:

Montcalm County, MI

MONTCALM COUNTY, situated toward the west part of Michigan. Area, ------- square miles. Seat of justice, Montcalm. Pop in 1850, 891. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Montmorency County, MI

Organised in 1840 from parts of Mackinac County and unorganized territory.

Latitude:
Longitude:

Muskegon County, MI

Founded in 1859 from parts of Oceana and Ottawa Counties.

Latitude:
Longitude:

Muskegon, MI

Latitude:
Longitude:

Newaygo County, MI

Organised in 1840 from parts of Mackinac and Oceana counties.

Latitude:
Longitude:

Oakland County, MI

OAKLAND COUNTY, situated in the easterly part of Michigan. Area, 900 square miles. Soil rich. Seat of justice, Pontiac. Pop. in 1830, 4,911; in 1840, 23,646; in 1850, 31,270. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Oceana County, MI

OCEANA COUNTY, situated on the west of Michigan, with Lake Michigan on the west. Area, -------- square miles. Seat of justice, ---------- . Pop. in 1840, 208; in 1850, 300. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Ogemaw County, MI

Organised in 1840 from unorganized territory.

Latitude:
Longitude:

Old Negro Cemetery, Middletown, PA

Located on East Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA [N 40 11.797, W 76 42.523]. The Old Negro Cemetery, on the outskirts of Middletown, Pennsylvania, is a neglected burial ground of twelve veterans of the United States Colored Troops and over 40 of their family members. A notable burial from Pennsylvania's Grand Review 100 Voices is Thomas E Dorsey, Co. S, 6th USCT. (By Rebecca Solnit)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Ontonagon County, MI

Founded in 1843 from parts of Chippewa and Mackinac counties.

Latitude:
Longitude:

Osceola County, MI

Founded in 1840 from parts of Mackinac County.

Latitude:
Longitude:

Oscoda County, MI

Founded in 1840 from parts of Mackinac County and unorganized territory.

Latitude:
Longitude:

Otsego County, MI

Founded in 1840 from parts of Mackinac County.

Latitude:
Longitude:

Ottawa County, MI

OTTAWA COUNTY, situated on the west boundary of Michigan, with Lake Michigan on the west, and traversed by Grand river. Area, --------- square miles. Seat of justice, Grand Haven. Pop. in 1840, 208; in 1850, 5,587. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Pontiac, MI

Latitude:
Longitude:

Prairie Ronde Township, MI

Latitude:
Longitude:

Presque Isle County, MI

Founded in 1840 from parts of Mackinac County.

Latitude:
Longitude:

Roscommon County, MI

Founded in 1840 from parts of Mackinac County and unorganized territory.

Latitude:
Longitude:

Saginaw County, MI

SAGINAW COUNTY, situated in the northeasterly part of Michigan, and traversed by Shiawassee, Saginaw, Flint, and Tittibawassee rivers. Area, -------- square miles. Seat of justice, Saginaw. Pop. in 1840, 892; in 1850, 2,609. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Saginaw, MI

Latitude:
Longitude:

Sanilac County, MI

SANILAC COUNTY, situated on the east boundary of Michigan, with Lake Huron on the east. Area, 730 square miles. Seat of justice, Sanilac Mills. Pop. in 1850, 2,112. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Schoolcraft County, MI

Founded in 1843 from parts of Chippewa and Mackinac Counties.

Latitude:
Longitude:

Shiawassee County, MI

SHIAWASSEE COUNTY, situated In the central part of Michigan, and traversed by Shiawassee river. Area, 544 square miles. Seat of justice, Corunna. Pop. in 1840, 2,103; in 1850, 5,230. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

St. Clair County, MI

SAINT CLAIR COUNTY, situated on the boundary of Michigan with Lake Huron and St. Clair river on the east, and with Lake St. Clair on the south. Area, 930 square miles. Seat of justice, Saint Clair. Pop. in 1830, 1,114; in 1840, 4,606; in 1850, 10,420. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

St. Joseph County, MI

SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY, situated on the south boundary of Michigan, and traversed by St. Joseph's river. Area, 528 square miles. Face of the country, even; soil, good. Seat of justice, Centreville. Pop. in 1830, 1,313; in 1840, 7,068; in 1850, 12,705. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Tuscola County, MI

Founded in 1840 from parts of Sanilac County.

Latitude:
Longitude:

Van Buren County, MI

VAN BUREN COUNTY, situated on the west boundary of Michigan, with Lake Michigan on the west. Area, 633 squre miles. Face of the country, level; soil, fertile. Seat of justice, Paw-Paw. Pop. in 1830, 5; in 1840, 1,910; in 1850, 5,800. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Washtenaw County, MI

WASHTENAW COUNTY, situated in the south part of Michigan. Area, 720 square miles. Seat of justice, Ann Arbor. Pop. in 1830, 4,042; in 1840, 23,571; in 1850, 28,568. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude:

Wayne County, MI

WAYNE COUNTY, situated on the southeasterly boundary of Michigan, with St. Clair lake and St. Clair river on the east. Area, 600 square miles. Face of the country, even; soil, productive. Seat of justice, Detroit. Pop. in 1820, 3,574; in 1830, 6,781; in 1840, 24,173; in 1850, 12,756. (Fanning's, 1853)

Latitude:
Longitude: