Ingham County, Michigan

Founding: 1838 (declared in 1829)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Samuel Ingham, New Jersey politician
Seat: Mason (1838–)

Land area: 556 square miles

Population (2020): 284,900

Population (historic): 2,498 (1840); 17,435 (1860); 33,676 (1880); 39,818 (1900); 116,587 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1990; 2000–2020

Subdivisions: Five cities; three villages; four CDPs; 16 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 20,940 (17.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 53.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,910
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,797

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,224
Average farm size (1920): 74 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Ohio, Canada, and Germany

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Mason

Namesake: Stevens Mason, Michigan governor

Founding: 1836 (platting as Mason Center); 1838 (post office); 1865 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 8,283

Population (historic): 363 (1860); 1,809 (1880); 1,828 (1900); 2,575 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1836–1890; 1910–1990; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 664 (19.3%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Jared Rider Farm (c. 1875). 1633 Hagadorn Road. Alaiedon. Italianate.
2. Marshall Campbell Farm (c. 1885). 3304 Bellevue Road. Leslie. Italianate.
3. Morris Hammond House (c. 1880). 3833 Dobie Road. Meridian. Italianate.
4. William Slough House (c. 1890). 3509 North Meridian Road. Meridian. Eastlake.
5. George Van Atta Farm (c. 1870). 5435 Van Atta Road. Meridian. Italianate.
6. Edward Ferris Farm (c. 1880). 3044 Onondaga Road. Onondaga. Italianate/Eastlake.
7. William Stephens House (c. 1880). 4621 Milner Road. Stockbridge. Second Empire.
8. Asa Thompson House (c. 1865). 4488 State Route 52. Stockbridge. Italianate.
9. Amos Wood Farm (c. 1855). 3298 Columbia Road. Vevay. Greek Revival.
10. Thomas Lasenby House (c. 1895). 1926 Dansville Road. Vevay. Queen Anne.
11. George Beeman Farm (c. 1880). 3150 Williamston Road. Wheatfield. Second Empire.
12. St. Katherine's Episcopal Church (1887). 4650 Meridian Road. Williamstown. Gothic Revival.

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