Formed April 1, 1840 (39th county)
Alcona County (10,167), Harrisville (438)
The small tan brick Modern building was built in 1954 and sits on 5th Street at Main Street. United States Highway 23 is one block to the east of the site. Ralph S. Gerganoff is the architect. An Administration Center was built in 1956 to augment the courthouse. There was a classier courthouse previously built in 1870 in Harrisville, the only county seat. The county was organized on April 1, 1840 from Native American Territory as the 39th county. The county name is Native American for “fine plain.” Harrisville is named for settler Benjamin Harris.
Alcona County government consists of an administrator, an attorney, a treasurer and a clerk (executive). It has 5 Commissioners (legislative.) Five District Court Judges, Four Probate/Juvenile Court Judges and a court clerk serve Alcona County (judicial.) The county is located in eastern Michigan on Lake Huron. The county center is 16.9 miles West of Harrisville nearer Lincoln. The county is surrounded clockwise by Iosco County and Canada and Huron, Tuscola, Bay, Gladwin and Ogemaw counties.
The area of the county is 1791 square miles. It is 15 out of 83 in the state. It ranks 75 out of 83 in population in the state. It has a density of 5.7 persons per square mile making it 76 out of 83 in the state. Alcona County has 7.6% of its population in its incorporated areas. United States Highway 23 crosses the county north to south from Alpena County to Iosco County. The county is a rectangle except for a wandering east coast. Harrisville is in the center of the east coast. Harrisville is the county seat and the largest city. It is 4.3% of the county population. The county is pronounced AL-KON-A.
Harrisville
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