Alcona County, Michigan

Founding: 1869 (declared in 1840)

Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: A neologism coined by Henry Schoolcraft
Seat: Harrisville (1869–)

Land area: 675 square miles

Population (2020): 10,167

Population (historic): 696 (1870); 5,409 (1890); 5,703 (1910); 4,989 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1860–1920; 1930–2000

Subdivisions: One city; one village; two CDPs; 11 townships

National Register listings: One

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 797 (7.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 74.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,015
Average outbuilding value (1930): $934

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 932
Average farm size (1920): 53.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, France, New York, and Canada
_________________________________________________________________________________

Harrisville

Namesake: Benjamin Harris, owner of the village site

Founding: 1857 (post office); 1870 (platting); 1887 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 437

Population (historic): 549 (1880); 403 (1900); 438 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1870–1890; 1900–1920; 1940–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 40 (13.3%)
_________________________________________________________________________________



View and filter the data. Or see a larger map.
_________________________________________________________________________________

Outstanding Buildings

1. *Joseph Van Buskirk House (1877). 659 US Highway 23. Harrisville. Eastlake.