* Remus, an unincorporated community in Wheatland Township, Mecosta County, Michigan, U. S.

In 1855, it was attached to Mason County ; in 1857, to Newaygo County ; and in 1859, to Mecosta County.

* Mecosta County ( south )

* Mecosta County ( north )

Mecosta County is a county in the U. S. state of Michigan.

Mecosta County is home to over 100 lakes, rivers, and streams with the Muskegon River winding its way through the county seat and largest city Big Rapids ( originally named Leonard ).

Mecosta County was set off on April 1, 1840, but remained attached for administrative purposes to Kent County until 1857, when it was attached to Newaygo County.

The Surveyor General approved the United States survey of Mecosta County on February 22, 1839, and the State Legislature established the county boundaries on April 1, 1840.

On February 11, 1859 the State Legislature authorized the organization of Mecosta County and established the Village of Leonard as the county seat.

The population of Mecosta County was 671 inhabitants in 1860.

Mecosta County had 5, 642 residents in 1870.

The Grand Rapids and Indiana was the first railroad to enter Mecosta County.

The 1880 census revealed that Mecosta County had a population of 13, 973.

A ground breaking ceremony for the present Mecosta County Building ( second courthouse ) occurred on April 8, 1969.

Construction of the Mecosta County Building was completed in late August 1970 and a dedication ceremony was held on November 7, 1970.

Mecosta County has grown in population through the years to over 42, 000 with a wealth of opportunity in industry, education, and small town country living.

Mecosta County was first settled by African Americans in the 1860s when James Guy obtained in Wheatland Township, with a deed signed by Abraham Lincoln.

Mecosta County has grown in population through the years to over 42, 000, with a wealth of opportunity in industry, education, and small town country living.

Come and experience Mecosta County with its small town charm and friendly atmosphere.

* Mecosta County Medical Center, Big Rapids

* Blanchard is an unincorporated community within the township at, in the southwest corner of Isabella County on the border with Mecosta County and about two miles north of Montcalm County.

The Blanchard post office, with ZIP code 49310, also serves most of Rolland Township, as well as portions of Broomfield Township to the north and Fremont Township to the east ; and in Mecosta County: Wheatland Township to the northwest, Millbrook Township to the west, and Hinton Township to the west of Millbrook ; and in Montcalm County: Home Township.

The Six Lakes post office with ZIP code 48886 serves most of Belvidere Township as well as smaller portions of Cato Township to the west, Douglass Township to the south and Millbrook Township to the north in Mecosta County.

This area of rural Mecosta County is more heavily forested with rolling hills and sporadic farms.

The Michigan Department of Transportation ( MDOT ) swapped jurisdiction of M-20 and B-88 with Mecosta and Newaygo counties.

The county is named after Chief Mecosta, the leader of the Potawatomi Native American tribe that once traveled the local waterways in search of fish and game.

Chief Mecosta was one of the signers the Treaty of Washington in 1836.

In 1852 John Davis purchased in Mecosta Township and John Parish purchased in Big Rapids.

With Mecosta County's numerous lakes, streams and rivers there are limitless opportunities for water and fishing activities.

The ZIP code also serve smaller areas of Redding Township to the north of Freeman, Lincoln Township to the east of Freeman, Surrey Township to the east of Garfield all in Clare County, as well as small areas of Gilmore Township to the east of Coldwater and Sherman Township in Isabella County to the south of Coldwater in Isabella County ; Fork Township to the southwest of Garfield in Mecosta County ; and Orient Township to the west of Garfield in Osceola County.

In Maryland the Harford County Board of Education had prepared a desegregation plan which the Court approved but which a plaintiff had challenged ; ;

For the school year, 1959-1960, the Prince Edward County ( Virginia ) Board of Supervisors voted not to provide funds for public education, and the school board therefore could provide no public education -- for white or Negro children.

The Board of County Commissioners, the Sanitary Commission, the Planning and Zoning Board and other county official bodies use recording machines for all public business in order to prevent law suits and other misunderstandings about what actually happened at their meetings.

An 1865 San Francisco Pacific Railroad Bond approved in 1863 but delayed for two years by the opposition of the San Francisco Board of SupervisorsAlthough the Pacific Railroad eventually benefited the Bay Area, the City and County of San Francisco obstructed financing it during the early years of 1863-1865.

When Stanford was Governor of California, the Legislature passed on April 22, 1863, " An Act to Authorize the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to take and subscribe One Million Dollars to the Capital Stock of the Western Pacific Rail Road Company and the Central Pacific Rail Road Company of California and to provide for the payment of the same and other matters relating thereto " ( which was later amended by Section Five of the " Compromise Act " of April 4, 1864 ).

The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, and Wilhelm Lowey, Clerk 27 Cal.

However, for Gotland County, there is a County Administrative Board which is a national authority.

Both the County Administrative Board and the municipality have their seat in the largest city Visby, with 22, 000 inhabitants.

The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Parliament and the Government, to coordinate the interests and promote the development of the county, to establish regional goals and safeguard the due process of law in the handling of each case.

The County Administrative Board is a Government agency headed by a Governor.

During a trial period the County Council provisions for Gotland has been evolved to provisions for a Regional Council, meaning that it has assumed certain tasks from the County Administrative Board.

When it is shown with a royal crown it represents the County Administrative Board.

* Gotland County Administrative Board

The term Greater London was used well before 1965, particularly to refer to the area covered by the Metropolitan Police District ( such as in the 1901 census ), the area of the Metropolitan Water Board ( favoured by the London County Council for statistics ), the London Passenger Transport Area and the area defined by the Registrar General as the Greater London Conurbation.

* John Anson Ford ( 1883 – 1983 ), American local-level legislator who served on Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for 24 years ( 1934 – 58 ); Democratic nominee for U. S. Senator ( 1940 )

On September 20, 2011, the County Board of Arlington County, Virginia voted to change the name of " Old Jefferson Davis Highway " ( the original route of the road in the County ) after the chairman of the Board, Chris Zimmerman, who was originally from the Northeast, stated: " I have a problem with ' Jefferson Davis ' ...

" In Simpson v. Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Supreme Court's holding in the Marsh case meant that the " Chesterfield County could constitutionally exclude Cynthia Simpson, a Wiccan priestess, from leading its legislative prayers, because her faith was not ' in the Judeo-Christian tradition.