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Algonquin Township

Prior to 1843, all the Upper Peninsula of Michigan was unknown to civil organization. The first action in this direction was an act of the Legislature, approved March 9, 1843, "an act to divide the Upper Peninsula into six counties, and to deline the boundaries of the same."  March 19, 1845, this act was amended.  Algonquin Township embraced Townships 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 and 56 north, of Ranges 35, 36 and 37 west, and named "Algonquin."  The first election therein was held at the house of the Algonquin Mining Company.

Since the organization of the six townships of Eagle Harbor, Eagle River, Houghton, L'Anse, Portage and Algonquin, under the legislative act of 1847, the counties of Keweenaw and Baraga were set off partly from Houghton County, the former including part of Houghton and all of Eagle River and Copper Harbor Townships, and the latter including L'Anse and Algonquin Townships.

About the time of the separate and permanent organization of the county in 1853, a township called Algonquin was organized, and retained its organic existence until about 1874, when it was disorganized, and the territory embraced within its limits was attached to Greenland Township. In 1870, Algonquin had only a population of 54 persons.