Cobmoosa was a location in

Oceana County, Michigan Oceana County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, the population was 26,659. Its county seat and largest incorporated community is Hart, Michigan, Hart ...

. It was named for

Cobmoosa Cobmoosa (c. 1768 - 1866), or Weebmossa meaning "Great Walker", was an Odawa leader who lived in a Native American village at the mouth of the Flat River (Michigan), Flat River at the present-day city of Lowell, Michigan until 1858. From the mid- ...

, the

Odawa The Odawa (also Ottawa or Odaawaa ) are an Indigenous North American people who primarily inhabit land in the Eastern Woodlands region, now in jurisdictions of the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Their territory long prec ...

leader who the federal government built a log cabin for here in 1858 during the relocation of the Odawa here from

Ionia County, Michigan Ionia County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 66,804. The county seat is Ionia. The Ionia County Courthouse was designed by Claire Allen, a prominent southern Michigan architect. ...

. There was a store operated by Cook and Wessel, schools, and post office in Cobmoosa, but after a fire that brought down the post office in 1916, it was never replaced. A lake and the area continue to be called Cobmoosa. The site of the post office is not known; the lake, which was near Cobmoosa, is located west of Walkerville, Michigan. The coordinates provided are for Cobmoosa Lake.

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Populated places in Oceana County, Michigan {{OceanaCountyMI-geo-stub