Oscoda County, Michigan

Founding: 1881 (declared in 1840)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: A neologism coined by Henry Schoolcraft
Seat: Union Corners (1881–1888); Mio (1888–)

Land area: 566 square miles

Population (2020): 8,219

Population (historic): 467 (1880); 1,468 (1900); 1,728 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1870–1890; 1900s; 1930–2000

Subdivisions: One CDP; six townships

National Register listings: One

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 432 (4.7%)

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $884
Average outbuilding value (1930): $949

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 278
Average farm size (1920): 56.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, Ohio, and Canada
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Mio

Namesake: A nickname for Marla DeYarmond, wife of the village's founder

Founding: 1881 (platting); 1882 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,690

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 67 (5.2%)
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