Saginaw County | |
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County of Saginaw | |
Saginaw County Governmental Center in Saginaw | |
![]() Location within the U.S. state of Michigan | |
![]() Michigan's location within the U.S. | |
Coordinates: 43°20′N 84°03′W / 43.33°N 84.05°W | |
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Founded | February 9, 1835[1][2] |
Seat | Saginaw |
Largest city | Saginaw |
Area | |
• Total | 816 sq mi (2,110 km2) |
• Land | 800 sq mi (2,000 km2) |
• Water | 16 sq mi (40 km2) 1.9% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 190,124 |
• Density | 250/sq mi (100/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Congressional district | 8th |
Website | www |
Saginaw County, officially the County of Saginaw, is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 190,124.[3] The county seat is Saginaw.[1][4] The county was created by September 10, 1822, and was fully organized on February 9, 1835.[1] The etymology of the county's name is uncertain. It may be derived from Sace-nong or Sak-e-nong (English: Sauk land), as the Sauk (French: Sac) tribe is believed by some to have once lived there. A more likely possibility is that it comes from Ojibwe words meaning "place of the outlet" –sag (English: an opening) and ong (English: place of).[5] See List of Michigan county name etymologies.
Saginaw County comprises the Saginaw, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Saginaw-Midland-Bay City Combined Statistical Area, the 5th largest metropolitan area in Michigan.
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