Kalkaska County, Michigan

Founding: 1871 (declared in 1840)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: A neologism coined by Henry Schoolcraft
Seat: Kalkaska (1871–)

Land area: 560 square miles

Population (2020): 17,939

Population (historic): 2,937 (1880); 7,133 (1900); 3,799 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1910; 1930s; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: One village; four CDPs; 12 townships

National Register listings: 0

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 811 (6.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 63.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $780
Average outbuilding value (1930): $712

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 796
Average farm size (1920): 65.1 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Canada, Germany, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Sweden
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Kalkaska

Namesake: Kalkaska County

Founding: 1873 (platting); 1873 (post office); 1887 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,132

Population (historic): 496 (1880); 1,304 (1900); 861 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1873–1910; 1930–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 157 (14%)
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