QUESTION: Marquette County was established in March 1843. How many boundary changes has the county undergone in the last 182 years?

a. Zero

b. Three

c. Six

d. Nine

ANSWER: D, Marquette County went through nine boundary changes, all between 1843 and 1891. Initially, the county included all the land between the line between Ranges 23 and 24 west, the north boundary of Township 41, the line between Ranges 37 and 38 west and Lake Superior. This encompassed parts or all of the modern counties of Baraga, Dickinson, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw and Marquette.