Monroe County, Michigan

Founding: 1817
Parent county: Wayne

Namesake: James Monroe, U.S. president
Seat: Monroe (1817–)

Land area: 549 square miles

Population (2020): 154,809

Population (historic): 3,187 (1830); 14,698 (1850); 27,483 (1870); 32,754 (1900); 52,485 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1880; 1890–1980; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Four cities; five villages; seven CDPs; 15 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,103 (15.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 63.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 20.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.2%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,207
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,777

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,108
Average farm size (1920): 66.1 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Germany, Ohio, Canada, France, and Pennsylvania
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Monroe

Namesake: James Monroe, U.S. president

Founding: 1817 (platting); 1824 (post office); 1837 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 20,462

Population (historic): 1,703 (1840); 3,892 (1860); 4,930 (1880); 5,043 (1900); 18,110 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1817–1870; 1880s; 1900–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,854 (32.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Addison Dunbar House (c. 1855). 10042 Jackman Road. Bedford.
2. Austin Chapman Farm (c. 1880). 10995 North Dixie Highway. Berlin. Second Empire.
3. St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church (1882–1886). 8175 Swan Creek Road. Berlin. Gothic Revival.
4. Horace Wilkinson House (c. 1880). 1160 Lloyd Road. Dundee. Second Empire.
5. Navarre–Anderson Trading Post (1789). 3775 North Custer Road. Frenchtown. Relocated.
6. Edward Loranger Farm (c. 1825). 7211 South Stony Creek Road. Frenchtown. Greek Revival.
7. Peter Seitz House (1856). 8941 North Custer Road. Raisinville.

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