Livingston County, Michigan

Founding: 1836 (declared in 1833)
Parent counties: Shiawassee and Washtenaw

Namesake: Edward Livingston, New York politician
Seat: Howell (1836–)

Land area: 565 square miles

Population (2020): 193,866

Population (historic): 7,430 (1840); 16,851 (1860); 22,251 (1880); 19,664 (1900); 19,274 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1880; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; two villages; 16 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,759 (7.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 66.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 13.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.4%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,099
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,087

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,632
Average farm size (1920): 87.9 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, England, Germany, Ireland, and Canada
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Howell

Namesake: Thomas Howell, a friend of the city's surveyor

Founding: 1835 (platting); 1836 (post office); 1863 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 10,068

Population (historic): 473 (1850); 2,071 (1880); 2,518 (1900); 3,615 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1835–1900; 1910–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 959 (21.9%)
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