Keweenaw County, Michigan

Founding: 1861

Parent county: Houghton

Namesake: The Keweenaw Peninsula
Seat: Eagle River (1861–)

Land area: 540 square miles

Population (2020): 2,156

Population (historic): 4,205 (1870); 2,894 (1890); 7,156 (1910); 5,076 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1880; 1890–1910; 1990s

Subdivisions: One village; three CDPs; five townships

National Register listings: 41

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,003 (40.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 72.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $416
Average outbuilding value (1930): $461
Number of farms (1920): 72
Average farm size (1920): 28 acres
Sources of settlement: Finland, Michigan, England, and Germany
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Eagle River

Namesake: The Eagle River

Founding: 1843 (platting); 1845 (post office)

Population (2020): 65

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 56 (30.1%)
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