List of all cities and towns in Alpena County
Alpena County (/aelpin/ al-PEE-n) is a county in Michigan, United States.
The population was 28,907 at the time of the 2020 Census.
Alpena is the county seat.
Northern Michigan is considered to include it.
Alpena County is part of the Alpena, MI Combined Statistical Area.
The county was established by the Michigan Legislature as Anamickee County in 1840, and renamed Alpena County in 1843, a pseudo-Native American word — a neologism coined by Henry Schoolcraft — meaning “a good partridge country.”
This was part of a larger effort at the time to rename a large number of Michigan counties.
It was formally established in 1857.
The county has a total area of 1,695 square miles (4,390 km2), of which 572 square miles (1,480 km2) is land and 1,123 square miles (2,910 km2) (66%) is water, according to the United States Census Bureau.
Here is a list of cities, towns, places, and villages in Alpena County, Michigan: