Cheboygan is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 5,295. It is the county seat of Cheboygan County. The city is at the mouth of the Cheboygan River on Lake Huron. US 23 connects with I-75 at Mackinaw City and the Mackinac Bridge, about 15 miles to the northwest. Rogers City is about 41 miles to the southeast. M-27 runs south from the city along the north shore of Mullett Lake to I-75 at Indian River about 18 miles to the southwest. M-33 runs due south along the east shore of Lake Mullett to M-68 about 20 miles to the south. * Cheboygan began as a Native American settlement. White men came in 1844 and it was made the county seat in 1853. There was a theater built in town in 1877. * In approximately 1890, Cheboygan became the home port for ferryboats to nearby Bois Blanc, an island in the Straits of Mackinac. Ferry boat services continued as of 2007. * In 1944, Cheboygan became the home port of the former U.S. Coast Guard cutter and icebreaker Mackinaw, serving from 1944-2006. Beginning in 2006, the port continued this role as the home dock of the new Mackinaw, a successor cutter.

* The name of the city shares the name of the county and probably has its origin from the Cheboygan River, although the precise meaning is no longer known. It may have come from an Ojibwe word zhaabonigan meaning "sewing needle". Alternatively, the origin may have been "Chabwegan," meaning "a place of ore." # According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.0 square miles (18.1 km²), of which, 6.8 square miles (17.6 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²) of it (2.72%) is water. # The county is considered to be part of Northern Michigan. # Cheboygan is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaylord. Graphic sourced with thanks from Www.midwestconnection.com

Wikipedia articles for Cheboygan

• Cheboygan, Michigan
• Cheboygan, Michigan
• Cheboygan Bascule Bridge
• Cheboygan Bascule Bridge
• Newton-Allaire House
• Newton-Allaire House
• Cheboygan County Courthouse
• Cheboygan County Courthouse
• Cheboygan River
• Cheboygan Crib Light
• Little Black River (mouth)
• Cheboygan County Airport
• Fourteen Foot Shoal Light
• Fourteen Foot Shoal Light Station
• Black River (Cheboygan County)