Schoolcraft County, Michigan

Founding: 1876 (declared in 1843)
Parent counties: Chippewa and Mackinac

Namesake: Henry Schoolcraft, Michigan ethnologist
Seat: Onota (1876–77); Manistique (1877–)

Land area: 1,171 square miles

Population (2020): 8,047

Population (historic): 1,575 (1880); 7,889 (1900); 9,977 (1920); 9,524 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; eight townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,003 (15.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 48.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $918
Average outbuilding value (1930): $803
Number of farms (1920): 381
Average farm size (1920): 41.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan and Sweden
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Manistique

Namesake: The Manistique River

Founding: 1879 (post office); 1883 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,828

Population (historic): 693 (1880); 4,126 (1900); 6,380 (1920); 5,399 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1930s; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 641 (41.1%)
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