This is a series of caches put out by Paldog, Bapman Crew and I for the HNY-13 event. We decided to name the caches after the counties of the great state of Michigan. Hope you enjoy the caches along the Bike Trail.
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Hillsdale County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 46,688. The county seat is Hillsdale. The Hillsdale County Courthouse was built by Claire Allen, a prominent southern Michigan architect.
According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 607.14 square miles (1,572.5 km2), of which 598.84 square miles (1,551.0 km2) (or 98.63%) is land and 8.30 square miles (21.5 km2) (or 1.37%) is water. Hillsdale is the only county in Michigan to border two other states. Within the county also exists the head waters of two St. Joseph Rivers, the St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) and the St. Joseph River (Maumee River).