Welcome to Muskegon ...The city of Muskegon is located in Muskegon County<1> and is the County Seat for Muskegon County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Muskegon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1859. See our Genealogy Helper Page for Muskegon for more information about variations on the name of Muskegon. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Muskegon has a population of 36,575 people<2> (see below for details). Muskegon is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Muskegon lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Muskegon: 231 The ZIP codes for Muskegon: 49440-49445<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Muskegon had an population of 36,575 people. This is a decrease of 4.76% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 8.8% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Muskegon had a population of 38,401 people (which is 22.34% of the total population of Muskegon County). This makes Muskegon the county's most populous community. The population of Muskegon represents 0.39% of the total population of Michigan (which has 9,883,640 people), making it the state's 30th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 38,401 people, the population of Muskegon decreased 4.25% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 40,105 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Muskegon. Communities Also Named Muskegon ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Muskegon - it's located in Mississippi. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Muskegon. Websites for Muskegon ...Official Website: www.ci.muskegon.mi.us/ Chamber of Commerce: www.muskegon.org/ Communities near Muskegon ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Muskegon.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Muskegon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Muskegon. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Muskegon. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Muskegon. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Muskegon. Our list includes 37 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Muskegon. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Muskegon ...Looking for more information about Muskegon? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Muskegon, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Muskegon. Adding Muskegon to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Muskegon in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Muskegon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Muskegon. Footnotes ...
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