Macomb

Formed January 15, 1818 (3^rd county)

Macomb County (881,219), Mount Clemens (15,698), Warren (139,398)

A Modern concrete and glass building was constructed in 1972.  The courthouse is at Main and Macomb streets.  Michigan State Highway 3 passes one block east of the site.  Ellis-Naeyaert & Associates are the building designers.  Veteran memorials are on the grounds which are along the river.  An Administration Building was built in 1998.  There were earlier versions from 1818, 1840, 1880 and 1931 all in Mount Clemens.  Macomb County was formed on January 15, 1818 from Wayne County as the 3^rd county.  It is named for United States Army commander, Alexander Macomb, Jr.  The county seat is named for settler, Christian Clemens.  Macomb County was the birthplace of 1 Michigan Governor, Alexander J. Groesbeck. 

Macomb County government consists of an executive, a sheriff, an administrator, an attorney, a treasurer and a clerk (executive).  It has 13 Commissioners (legislative.)  Twelve Circuit Court Judges, Nineteen District Court Judges, Two Probate Court Judges and court clerk serve Macomb County (judicial.) The county is in the southeast part of the southern peninsula.  Detroit, Michigan is directly south of the county.  The county center is 9.3 miles North-Northeast of Mount Clemens nearer New Haven.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Saint Clair County and Canada and Wayne, Oakland, and Lapeer counties. 

The area of the county is 570 square miles.  It is 73 out of 83 in the state.  It ranks 3 out of 83 in population in the state.  It has a density of 1546.0 persons per square mile making it 2 out of 83 in the state.  Macomb County has 55.5% of its population in its incorporated areas.  Interstate Highway 94 enters the county from Saint Clair County, northeast, and exits into Wayne County, south.  The county is a rectangle with the southeast corner missing.  Mount Clemens is in the southern third of the county. Warren is in the southwest quarter of the county.  Mount Clemens is the county seat and Warren is the largest city.  Mount Clemens is 1.8% of the county population while Warren is 15.8% of the county population.  This county is in the Detroit-Warren-Livonia Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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