Muskegon County, Michigan Online Historical Directories
Muskegon County, Michigan Online Historical Directories
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1870s - 1890s
Muskegon County Atlas, Beers, 1877 - $ (Ancestry)
- contains images of township maps with landowners' names
- contains business directory in the back
Muskegon County Atlas, Beers, 1877 - $ (Ancestry)
- contains images of township maps with landowners' names
- contains patrons directory in the back
- another version, in color
- use the filmstrip view at the bottom of the image to scroll through the pages, as each page has been added as an individual collection, rather than the complete book
Muskegon City Directory, Holland, 1879-80 - $ (Ancestry)
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1883-4 - $ (Ancestry)
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1883-4 - Free (FamilySearch Books)
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1887-8 - $ (Ancestry)
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1887-8 - $ (Ancestry)
- searchable database only; no images
- part of the 1890 Census Substitute Collection
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1889-90 - $ (Ancestry)
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1889-90 - $ (Ancestry)
- searchable database only; no images
- part of the 1890 Census Substitute Collection
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1891-2 - $ (Ancestry)
- contains only eight images leading up to the title page; incomplete; reported to Ancestry
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1893 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City and County Directory, 1895-6 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City and County Directory, 1897-8 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City and County Directory, 1899-1900 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
1900s - 1910s
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1900-1 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon County Atlas, Ogle, 1900 - $ (Ancestry)
- contains images of township maps with landowners' names
- contains patrons directory in the back
Muskegon County Atlas, Ogle, 1900 - $ (Ancestry)
- contains images of township maps with landowners' names
- contains patrons directory in the back
- another version, in color
- use the filmstrip view at the bottom of the image to scroll through the pages, as each page has been added as an individual collection, rather than the complete book
Muskegon County Atlas, Ogle, 1900 - Free (Hathi Trust Digital Library)
- contains images of township maps with landowners' names
- contains patrons directory in the back
Muskegon County Atlas, Ogle, 1900 - Free (Internet Archive)
- contains images of township maps with landowners' names
- contains patrons directory in the back
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1902-3 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1904-5 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1906-7 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1908 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1909 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1911 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1912 - $ (Ancestry)
- county directory begins on page 771/image 392
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1913 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1915 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1917 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon and Musekgon Heights City Directory, Polk, 1918 - $ (Ancestry)
1920s - 1930s
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1921 - $ (Ancestry)
- missing approximately half the book; Muskegon city directory not imaged; reported to Ancestry
- images begin partway through the street directory for the City of Muskegon Heights
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1921 - Free (FamilySearch Books)
- includes Montague, Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1922 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1924 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City and County Directory, Polk, 1926 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1928 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1930 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1932 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1934-5 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Montague, Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Whitehall
Montague City Directory, Polk, 1936-7 - $ (Ancestry)
- part of Muskegon City Directory, below
- three images only
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1936-7 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Muskegon Heights and North Muskegon
- Montague and Whitehall listings have been uploaded separately
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1936-7 - Free (Google Books)
- only available in snippet view, which means it is searchable, but not browsable, and not all search results may be viewable
Whitehall Village and Township Directory, Polk, 1936-37 - $ (Ancestry)
- part of Muskegon City Directory, above
- includes Whitehall Township/Village directory, classified business directory and Muskegon County farmers directory (for all townships).
Montague City Directory, Polk, 1938 - $ (Ancestry)
- part of Muskegon City Directory, below
- three images only
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1938 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Muskegon Heights and North Muskegon
- Montague and Whitehall listings have been uploaded separately
Whitehall Village and Town Directory, Polk, 1938 - $ (Ancestry)
- part of Muskegon County Directory, above
1940s - 1960s
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1940 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Muskegon Heights and North Muskegon
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1942 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Muskegon Heights and North Muskegon
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1944 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Muskegon Heights and North Muskegon
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1946 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Muskegon Heights and North Muskegon
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1947 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Muskegon Heights and North Muskegon
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1949 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Roosevelt Park
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1951 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Roosevelt Park
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1952 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Roosevelt Park
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1954 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Roosevelt Park
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1955 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Roosevelt Park
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1956 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, and Roosevelt Park
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1957 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Muskegon Heights, Muskegon Township, North Muskegon, Norton Township, and Roosevelt Park
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1958 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Muskegon Heights, Muskegon Township, North Muskegon, Norton Township, and Roosevelt Park
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1959 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Mona Lake, Muskegon Heights, Muskegon Township, North Muskegon, Norton Township, Port Sherman, Roodmont, Roosevelt Park, and Ryerson Heights
Muskegon City Directory, Polk, 1960 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Mona Lake, Muskegon Heights, Muskegon Township, North Muskegon, Norton Township, Port Sherman, Roodmont, Roosevelt Park, and Ryerson Heights
Are the directories you're looking for not available online?
Check out WorldCat to find printed or microfilmed directories for Montague, Muskegon, Muskegon Heights, North Muskegon, Norton Shores, Ravenna, Whitehall, and Muskegon County. They may be available through inter-library loan, or the library that holds them may be able to do lookups and send you copies of pertinent pages.
The Library of Congress holds a number of Michigan business, city, reverse (crisscross and street address), telephone, and other directories.
Learn how to access these materials in person in Washington, D.C. through this link, or via a researcher here.