Cheboygan County (/ʃəˈbɔɪɡən/ shə-BOY-gən[2]) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 25,579.[3] The county seat is Cheboygan.[4] The county boundaries were set off in 1840, with land partitioned from Michilimackinac County.[5] The Cheboygan County government was organized and combined with the former Wyandot County in 1853.[1][6]
Etymology of the name Cheboygan
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".[7] It has also been described as "a Native American word first applied to the river."[1] See List of Michigan county name etymologies. "Cheboygan" is pronounced the same as "Sheboygan" (a city in Wisconsin)
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