Antrim County, Michigan

Founding: 1863 (declared in 1840)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Seat: Elk Rapids (1863–1879); Bellaire (1879–)

Land area: 476 square miles

Population (2020): 23,431

Population (historic): 1,985 (1870); 10,413 (1890); 15,692 (1910); 9,979 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1860–1900; 1930s; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: Five villages; four CDPs; 15 townships

National Register listings: Seven

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,001 (11.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $929
Average outbuilding value (1930): $822

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,481
Average farm size (1920): 56.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, Canada, New York, Ohio, and Germany

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Bellaire

Namesake: A French word meaning "good air"

Founding: 1879 (founding as Keno); 1879 (post office); 1891 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,053

Population (historic): 65 (1880); 1,157 (1900); 517 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1879–1900; 1930–1950; 1960–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 112 (23.4%)

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