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.
Eaton County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 107,759. The county seat is Charlotte. Eaton County was named for John Eaton, who was Secretary of War under U.S. President Andrew Jackson, making it one of Michigan's Cabinet counties. It was organized in 1837.
According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 579.02 square miles (1,499.7 km2), of which 576.41 square miles (1,492.9 km2) (or 99.55%) is land and 2.61 square miles (6.8 km2) (or 0.45%) is water.