Montmorency County, Michigan

Founding: 1881 (declared in 1840)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps the House of Montmorency, a French noble family
Seat: Hillman (1881–1891); Atlanta (1891–)

Land area: 547 square miles

Population (2020): 9,153

Population (historic): 1,487 (1890); 3,755 (1910); 2,814 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1920; 1930–2000

Subdivisions: One village; three CDPs; eight townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 359 (3.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 48.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $847
Average outbuilding value (1930): $922
Number of farms (1920): 421
Average farm size (1920): 54.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, Ohio, Germany, and France
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Atlanta

Namesake: Unknown—perhaps Atlanta, Georgia

Founding: 1881 (platting); 1882 (post office)

Population (2020): 720

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 18 (3.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Angusdale Stock Farm / Cephas Buttles House (1902). 8291 Buttles Road. Vienna. Craftsman.

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