Leelanau County, Michigan

Founding: 1863 (declared in 1840)

Parent county: Mackinac

Namesake: A neologism coined by Henry Schoolcraft
Seat: Leland (1863–2008); Sutton's Bay (2008–)

Land area: 347 square miles

Population (2020): 22,301

Population (historic): 2,158 (1860); 6,253 (1880); 10,556 (1900); 8,206 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: Three villages; seven CDPs; 11 townships

National Register listings: 25

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,921 (12.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 73.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,393
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,339

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,347
Average farm size (1920): 67.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Canada, New York, Norway, and Czechoslovakia

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Leland (ex-seat)

Namesake: The Leland River

Founding: circa 1854 (founding); 1857 (post office)

Population (2020): 410

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 68 (19.4%)

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Sutton's Bay

Namesake: Harry Sutton, an early resident

Founding: 1861 (post office)

Population (2020): 613

Population (historic): 398 (1900); 439 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1900; 1920s; 1960s; 1980s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 85 (18.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Holy Rosary Catholic Church (1922). 6982 Schomberg Road. Centerville. Romanesque.
2. St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church (1914). 8500 Kolarik Road. Leelanau. High Gothic.