Macomb County, Michigan

Founding: 1818
Parent county: Wayne

Namesake: Alexander Macomb, U.S. army general
Seat: Mount Clemens (1818–)

Land area: 479 square miles

Population (2020): 881,217

Population (historic): 2,413 (1830); 22,843 (1860); 31,627 (1880); 33,244 (1900); 77,146 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1820–1900; 1910–2020

Subdivisions: 12 cities; three villages; 11 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 16,811 (4.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 54.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,536
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,153

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,570
Average farm size (1920): 62 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Germany, and Canada

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Mount Clemens

Namesake: Christian Clemens, owner of the city site

Founding: 1818 (platting); 1821 (post office); 1851 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 15,697

Population (historic): 1,302 (1850); 1,768 (1870); 4,748 (1890); 7,707 (1910); 13,497 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,733 (36.6%)

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