Lenawee County, Michigan

Founding: 1826 (declared in 1822)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: A neologism coined by Henry Schoolcraft
Seat: Adrian (1826–)

Land area: 750 square miles

Population (2020): 99,423

Population (historic): 1,491 (1830); 38,112 (1860); 48,406 (1900); 49,849 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1890; 1920–2010

Subdivisions: Four cities; eight villages; two CDPs; 22 townships

National Register listings: 43

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,623 (24.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 72.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 19.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,025
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,180

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 5,080
Average farm size (1920): 72.8 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Ohio, Germany, Ireland, England, and Pennsylvania
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Adrian

Namesake: Hadrian, Roman emperor

Founding: 1826 (platting); 1828 (post office); 1836 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 20,645

Population (historic): 6,213 (1860); 7,849 (1880); 9,654 (1900); 13,064 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1870; 1880–1990
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,717 (30.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Joel Carpenter House (1869). 625 High Street. Blissfield. Italianate.
2. *Nathaniel Wheeler House (c. 1845). 7075 State Route 50. Cambridge. Greek Revival.
3. *Sylvester Walker Tavern (1832). 12000 State Route 50. Cambridge. Greek Revival.
4. *School Number Six (1850). 11990 Stephenson Road. Cambridge.
5. *St. Joseph Catholic Church (1854–1862/1911/1928). 8000 US Highway 12. Cambridge. Romanesque.
6. *Walker Hotel (1853). 11705 US Highway 12. Cambridge. Italianate.
7. *Arnold Graves Farm (c. 1875). 12237 US Highway 12. Cambridge. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
8. Frank Rector House (c. 1880). 4070 Allen Road. Clinton. Italianate.
9. James Brace House (c. 1845). 11910 Tecumseh–Clinton Highway. Clinton. Greek Revival.
10. Dennison Waterman House (c. 1865). 3899 Morey Highway. Dover. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
11. *George Horton Farm (1888). 4650 West Horton Road. Fairfield. Queen Anne.
12. *Sidney Rathbun House (1883). 9426 Morse Highway. Fairfield. Italianate.
13. *Crowell Eddy Farm (1862). 11700 North Adrian Highway. Franklin. Italianate.
14. William Beebe House (c. 1885). 7932 Beebe Highway. Franklin. Italianate.
15. *Davenport Hotel (c. 1860). 1280 US Highway 12. Franklin. Italianate.
16. *Lorenzo Palmer House (1845). 760 North Maple Grove Avenue. Hudson. Greek Revival.
17. *John Pennington Farm (c. 1845). 8281 Clinton–Macon Road. Macon. Greek Revival.
18. Isaac Pennington Farm (c. 1855). 9159 Clinton–Macon Road. Macon. Italianate.
19. *John Mills Farm (c. 1865). 8867 Pennington Road. Macon. Italianate.
20. James McCrillis Farm (c. 1875). 13520 Meyerholtz Highway. Medina. Italianate.
21. *Samuel Brown House (c. 1880). 3748 Black Highway. Raisin. Italianate.
22. James Colvin House (1878). 5364 Green Highway. Raisin. Italianate.
23. *Asa Sutton House (1853). 3901 Sutton Road. Raisin. Greek Revival.
24. Porter Bellman Farm (c. 1875). 12547 Yankee Road. Riga. Italianate.
25. *William Town House (c. 1865). 3951 Woerner Road. Rollin. Italianate.
26. Aaron Tufts Farm (c. 1875). 7348 Seneca Highway. Seneca. Italianate.
27. *Robert Cairns House (c. 1870). 904 West Chicago Boulevard. Tecumseh. Italianate.
28. Aaron Waldron House (c. 1875). 2473 East Monroe Road. Tecumseh. Italianate.
29. Silas Hutchinson House (c. 1865). 17150 US Highway 223. Woodstock. Gothic Revival.