Isabella County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 70,311. Its county seat is Mt. Pleasant. The area was known as Ojibiway Besse, meaning the place of the Chippewa.Isabella County was described by action of the Michigan Territorial legislature in 1831, although for purposes of population, revenue, and judicial matters, it was assigned to nearby counties. Its area was partitioned from unorganized territory plus a portion of Mackinac, which had existed as a Territorial County since 1818. The Michigan Territory was admitted to the Union as Michigan State in early 1837. By 1859, Isabel...
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