List of historical societies in Michigan
The following is a list of historical societies in the state of Michigan, United States.[1]
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Organizations
- Ada Historical Society
- Albion Historical Society
- Alcona Historical Society
- Alfred Noble Historical Society
- Alger County Historical Society
- Algoma Township Historical Society
- Algonac Clay Township Historical Society
- Allegan County Historical Society[3]
- Allendale Historical Society
- Almira Historical Society
- Aloha Historical Society
- Arcadia Area Historical Society
- Arenac County Historical Society[3]
- Arvon Township Historical Society
- Athens Area Historical Society
- Bad Axe Historical Society[4]
- Bangor Historical Society
- Baraga County Historical Society[4]
- Barry County Historical Society[4]
- Bay County Historical Society[3]
- Bean Creek Valley Historical Society
- Beaver Island Historical Society[3]
- Bedford Historical Society
- Beechwood Historical Society
- Bellaire Area Historical Society
- Bellevue Area Historical Society
- Benzie Area Historical Society
- Benzie Area Historical Society[3]
- Bernard Historical Society
- Berrien County Historical Association
- Bessemer Area Historical Society
- Bloomfield Historical Society
- Bois Blanc Island Historical Society
- Boston-Saranac Historical Society
- Branch County Historical Society[3]
- Breckenridge-Wheeler Area Historical Society
- Historical Society of Bridgeport
- Brighton Area Historical Society
- Byron Center Historical Society
- Cannon Township Historical Society
- Canton Historical Society
- Capac Community Historical Society
- Cascade Historical Society
- Historical Society of Caseville
- Cedar Springs Historical Society
- Historical Society of Center Line[5]
- Central Lake Area Historical Society
- Charlevoix Historical Society
- Chelsea Area Historical Society
- Chesaning Area Historical Society
- Chesterfield Historical Society
- Chippewa County Historical Society
- Historical Society of Clinton
- Clinton County Historical Society[3]
- Columbiaville Historical Society
- Community Historical Society of Colon
- Coopersville Area Historical Society
- Copper Range Historical Society
- Crawford County Historical Society[4]
- Crystal Township Historical Society
- Davison Area Historical Society
- Delta County Historical Society[4]
- Detroit Historical Society
- Dexter Area Historical Society[3]
- Ecorse Historical Society
- Elk Rapids Area Historical Society
- Elkton Area Historical Society
- Engadine Historical Society
- Fallasburg Historical Society
- Farwell Area Historical Society
- Fenton Historical Society
- Ferndale Historical Society
- Fife Lake Historical Society
- Flat River Historical Society
- Flat Rock Historical Society[4]
- Flushing Area Historical Society
- Fraser Historical Society
- Friends of the Plymouth Historical Society
- Genesee County Historical Society[4]
- Gladwin County Historical Society[4]
- Governor John S. Barry Historical Society
- Grand Ledge Area Historical Society
- Grand Marais Historical Society
- Grand Rapids Historical Society[6]
- Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society
- Greater Washington Area Historical Society
- Greater West Bloomfield Historical Society[4]
- Green Oak Township Historical Society
- Greenbush Historical Society
- Grosse Ile Historical Society
- Grosse Pointe Historical Society
- Hadley Township Historical Society
- Harbor Springs Area Historical Society
- Harsens Island St. Clair Flats Historical Society
- Holland Area Historical Society
- Holly Historical Society
- Homer Historical Society
- Houghton County Historical Society (est. 1961)[6]
- Howell Area Historical Society (formerly Livingston County Historical Society)[4]
- Huron County Historical Society
- Huron Township Historical Society
- Inland Water Route Historical Society
- Ionia County Historical Society[4]
- Iosco County Historical Society[4]
- Ironwood Area Historical Society
- Isabella County Historical Society
- Ishpeming Area Historical Society
- Jewish Historical Society of Michigan
- Kalamazoo County Historical Society[4]
- Kaleva Historical Society
- Keweenaw Historical Society (1912-1962)[3][6]
- Keweenaw County Historical Society (est. 1981)[6]
- Lake County Historical Society[4]
- Lake Odessa Area Historical Society[4]
- Historical Society of Greater Lansing
- Lapeer County Historical Society[4]
- Lathrup Village Historical Society
- Leelanau Historical Society
- Lenawee County Historical Society[4]
- Lenox-New Haven Historical Society
- Leslie Area Historical Society
- Lewiston Area Historical Society
- Lincoln Park Historical Society
- Lovells Township Historical Society
- Luce County Historical Society
- Mackinaw Area Historical Society
- Macomb County Historical Society[3]
- Mancelona Historical Society
- Marenisco Township Historical Society
- Marilla Historical Society
- Historical Society of Marine City
- Marlette Historical Society
- Marquette County Historical Society[6]
- Mason Area Historical Society
- Mason County Historical Society
- Mecosta County Historical Society[4]
- Menominee County Historical Society[3]
- Historical Society of Michigan
- Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society
- Michilimackinac Historical Society[7]
- Midland County Historical Society
- Mid-Michigan Railway Historical Society[8]
- Milan Area Historical Society
- Milford Historical Society
- Millersburg Area Historical Society
- Millington-Arbela Historical Society
- Montmorency County Historical Society[4]
- Muskegon County Historical Society[9][10]
- Muskegon County Pioneer and Historical Society (est. 1880s)
- Nashville Michigan Historical Society
- Negaunee Historical Society
- New Baltimore Historical Society
- Newton Township Historical Society
- North Berrien Historical Society
- Northville Historical Society
- Norwegian Lutheran Church Historical Society
- Norwood Area Historical Society
- Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society[9]
- Oakland Township Historical Society
- Ogemaw Historical Society
- Olive Township Historical Society
- Omena Historical Society
- Ontonagon County Historical Society[3]
- Orion Historical Society
- Ortonville Community Historical Society
- Oshtemo Historical Society
- Otsego Area Historical Society
- Otsego County Historical Society[4]
- Ovid Historical Society
- Pentwater Historical Society
- Pickford Area Historical Society
- Pigeon Historical Society
- Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan[6][11]
- Pittsfield Township Historical Society
- Port Austin Area Historical Society
- Port Huron & Detroit Railroad Historical Society
- Portland Area Historical Society
- Remus Area Historical Society
- Republic Area Historical Society[4]
- Rochester-Avon Historical Society
- Rockford Area Historical Society
- Romeo Historical Society
- Roscommon Area Historical Society
- Rose City Area Historical Society
- Royal Oak Historical Society
- Historical Society of Saginaw County
- Saginaw Valley Railroad Historical Society
- Salem Area Historical Society
- Sanford Area Historical Society
- Sanilac County Historical Society[3]
- Saugatuck-Douglas History Center
- Schoolcraft County Historical Society
- Sebewaing Area Historical Society
- Shepherd Area Historical Society
- Shiawassee County Historical Society
- South Lyon Area Historical Society
- Southfield Historical Society
- St. Joseph County Historical Society[6]
- St. Louis Area Historical Society
- Sturgis Historical Society
- Sunfield Historical Society
- Taylor Historical Society
- Tecumseh Area Historical Society
- Tekonsha Historical Society
- Tompkins Center Historical Society
- Traverse Area Historical Society
- Troy Historical Society, Michigan
- Van Buren County Historical Society
- Vicksburg Historical Society
- Wakefield Historical Society
- Wales Historical Society
- Warren Historical & Genealogical Society[12]
- Washtenaw County Historical Society
- Waterford Township Historical Society
- Waterloo Area Historical Society
- Watrousville-Caro Area Historical Society
- Wayne County Historical and Pioneer Society[9][6]
- Wayne Historical Society
- Webster Township Historical Society
- White Lake Historical Society
- Wixom Historical Society
- Ypsilanti Historical Society
- Zeeland Historical Society
See also
- History of Michigan
- List of museums in Michigan
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Michigan
- List of historical societies in the United States
References
- ^ "Local Historical Organizations", hsmichigan.org, Historical Society of Michigan, retrieved July 5, 2025
- ^ "A Historical Society for Van Buren County", The True Northerner, Paw Paw, Michigan, October 11, 1907 – via Library of Congress' Chronicling America
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m American Association for State and Local History (2002), Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.), AltaMira Press – via Internet Archive
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Nonprofit Explorer", propublica.org, New York: ProPublica, retrieved June 23, 2025
- ^ "Historical Society of Center Line".
- ^ a b c d e f g h Social Networks and Archival Context, United States: SNAC Cooperative, retrieved June 26, 2025
- ^ "Links of Interest", frenchcolonialstudies.org, Illinois, US: Center for French Colonial Studies, retrieved July 20, 2025
- ^ "Mid-Michigan Railway Historical Society".
- ^ a b c "Historical societies in the United States", Officers, Act of incorporation, Constitution, List of members, Historical societies in the United States, 1896, Baltimore, MD: American Historical Association, 1896, p. 42+ – via HathiTrust
- ^ "Local Historical Organizations", hsmichigan.org, Historical Society of Michigan, archived from the original on December 4, 2020 – via Wayback Machine
- ^ Michael E. Unsworth (2009), "The Digitization of the "Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections:" A Case Study", Proceedings of the Charleston Library Conference, US, doi:10.5703/1288284314748
- ^ "Warren Historical & Genealogical Society".
Further reading
- Appleton P. C. Griffin (1907), "Michigan", Bibliography of American Historical Societies (2nd ed.), Washington DC: Government Printing Office, p. 588+ – via HathiTrust
- George Newman Fuller (1914), A sketch of historical societies in Michigan, Michigan Historical Commission – via HathiTrust
- "Michigan", Historical societies in the United States and Canada: a handbook, Washington, D.C: American Association for State and Local History, 1944, p. 83+ – via HathiTrust
- Historical Society of Michigan (1958), Historical societies in Michigan – via HathiTrust
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Historical societies in Michigan.
- Digital Public Library of America. Assorted items related to historical societies in Michigan
- Library of Congress, Michigan: Local History & Genealogy Resource Guide, Research Guides, Washington DC
- "Michigan Archives & Historical Societies", LibGuides: History, Northern Michigan University
- "Michigan Societies", familysearch.org, Utah: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Mostly related to genealogy but includes links to historical societies).