Alger County, Michigan

Founding: 1885

Parent county: Schoolcraft

Namesake: Russell Alger, Michigan politician
Seat: Au Train (1885–1902); Munising (1902–)

Land area: 915 square miles

Population (2020): 8,842

Population (historic): 1,238 (1890); 7,675 (1910); 9,327 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1920; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; one village; eight townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,005 (15.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 43.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $910
Average outbuilding value (1930): $852
Number of farms (1920): 386
Average farm size (1920): 21.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, Finland, Austria, Sweden, and Russia
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Munising

Namesake: An Ojibwe word referencing Grand Island

Founding: 1868 (platting); 1868 (post office); 1897 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,986

Population (historic): 135 (1880); 2,014 (1900); 5,037 (1920); 3,956 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1880–1920; 1930s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 398 (31.1%)
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