Baraga County, Michigan

Founding: 1875
Parent county: Houghton

Namesake: Frederic Baraga, Catholic missionary
Seat: L'Anse (1875–)

Land area: 898 square miles

Population (2020): 8,158

Population (historic): 1,804 (1880); 4,320 (1900); 6,127 (1910); 9,168 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1940; 1960–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Two villages; one CDP; five townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 983 (18.6%)

Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 54.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $959
Average outbuilding value (1930): $842
Number of farms (1920): 653
Average farm size (1920): 22.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, Finland, and Sweden
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L'Anse

Namesake: L'Anse Bay

Founding: 1871 (platting); 1872 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,874

Population (historic): 1,014 (1880); 620 (1900); 2,421 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1870s; 1900–1940; 1950–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 361 (30.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Herman Hanka Farm (c. 1896). 13249 Hanka Road. Baraga.

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