Branch County, Michigan

Founding: 1833 (declared in 1829)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: John Branch, North Carolina politician
Seat: Coldwater (1842–)

Land area: 506 square miles

Population (2020): 44,862

Population (historic): 5,715 (1840); 26,226 (1870); 27,811 (1900); 23,950 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1880; 1900s; 1930–2000

Subdivisions: Two cities; three villages; 16 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,089 (24.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 66.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 14.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,484
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,609

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,222
Average farm size (1920): 70.7 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, England, and Germany
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Coldwater

Namesake: The Coldwater River

Founding: 1830 (post office); 1832 (platting); 1837 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 13,822

Population (historic): 4,381 (1870); 6,216 (1900); 6,735 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1900; 1910–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,254 (26.4%)
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