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

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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