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Facts about Michigan

	The name Michigan comes from the Indian word “Michigama” which means large lake.
	Nicknames: Wolverine State” & “Water Wonderland”
	Established as a Territory: Jan. 11, 1805
	Admitted to the Union: Jan. 26, 1837 as the 26th State.
	State Capitol: Lansing, Michigan
	State Flag: Adopted by Legislature in 1911
	State Bird: The Robin
	State Tree: The White Pine
	State Flower: The Apple Blossom
	State Size: 56,804 sq. miles of land; 39,698 sq. miles of inland waters
	Number of inland lakes: 11,037 inland lakes in MI.
	Population: 9,938,444 ; 175 people per square mile (2000 census)
	Number of Counties: 83

Facts About St. Clair County

In 1679 Robert Cavelier de la Salle, the famous French Explorer, and the equally famous French missionary and Historian on the trip, Father Louis Hennepin, came upon a small body of water on their voyage on the Griffon sailing from Lake Erie up through the Detroit River. The date was the 12th of August, the festival day of Sainte Claire, foundress of the Order of Franciscan Nuns of the 13th Century, and contemporary and friend of St. Francis of Assisi.

Father Hennepin, amid imposing ceremonies, christened the Lake as Sainte Claire in honor of that saint. Eventually the river, city, and county took the same name.

	Established: March 28, 1820
	County Seat: Port Huron, MI
	County Size: 700.27 sq. miles
	Number of Townships: 23
	Number of Incorporated Villages: 2
	Number of Cities: 7, with Memphis partially in St. Clair Co.

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