Oakland County, Michigan

Founding: 1820 (declared in 1819)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The county's oak forests
Seat: Pontiac (1820–)

Land area: 868 square miles

Population (2020): 1,274,395

Population (historic): 4,911 (1830); 38,261 (1860); 41,547 (1880); 44,792 (1900); 211,251 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1820–1880; 1890–2020

Subdivisions: 29 cities; ten villages; 25 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 41,831 (7.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 54.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 19.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,959
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,195

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,035
Average farm size (1920): 84.4 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, England, Canada, New Jersey, Ireland, and Germany

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Pontiac

Namesake: Pontiac, Ottawa chief

Founding: 1818 (platting); 1820 (post office); 1837 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 61,606

Population (historic): 1,904 (1840); 2,575 (1860); 4,509 (1880); 9,769 (1900); 64,928 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840; 1850–1870; 1880–1970; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,925 (21.8%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Albert Terry House (c. 1865). 1081 West Auburn Road. Avon. Greek Revival.
2. Charles Torrey House (1848). 1141 Foxwood Court. Bloomfield. Greek Revival.
3. Andrews–Leggett House (c. 1837/1855). 722 Farr Street. Commerce. Greek Revival/Italianate.
4. Reuben Sample House (c. 1845). 2460 West Maple Road. Commerce. Greek Revival.
5. Stephen Rodgers House (c. 1840). 39040 West 9 Mile Road. Farmington. Greek Revival.
6. Royal Aldrich House (1843). 31110 West 11 Mile Road. Farmington. Greek Revival.
7. Samuel Davis House (1886). 32330 West 12 Mile Road. Farmington. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
8. Lawrence Simmons House (1861). 37742 West 12 Mile Road. Farmington. Gothic Revival.
9. Lemuel Botsford House (c. 1840). 24414 Farmington Road. Farmington. Greek Revival.
10. Botsford Inn / Weston–Jennings House (1836/1841). 28000 Grand River Avenue. Farmington. Greek Revival.
11. Squire Rowe Farm (c. 1855). 2360 Lone Tree Road. Highland. Greek Revival.
12. Jonathan Leonard House (c. 1885). 1555 North Milford Road. Highland. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
13. Rosekrans Divine House (c. 1875). 6183 East Holly Road. Holly. Italianate.
14. Sashabaw Presbyterian Church (1856). 5331 Maybee Road. Independence. Greek Revival.
15. Joseph Yerkes House (c. 1870). 42580 8 Mile Road. Novi. Italianate. Razed.
16. Richard Simmons House (1866). 46400 West 10 Mile Road. Novi. Italianate.
17. Robert Yerkes House (1869). 535 East Base Line Road. Novi. Gothic Revival.
18. Samuel Wire House (c. 1865). 49805 Pontiac Trail. Novi. Italianate.
19. John Axford Farm (c. 1845/1935). 384 West Predmore Road. Oakland. Greek Revival.
20. Eli Albertson House (1856). 4480 Sheldon Road. Oakland. Italianate.
21. Harry Frink House (c. 1860). 2246 Oxford Road. Oxford. Italianate.
22. Sidney Miller Farm (c. 1880). 8391 Bridge Lake Road. Springfield. Second Empire.
23. Washington Stanley House (1852). 3521 West Big Beaver Road. Troy. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival.
24. School Number Ten (c. 1855). 3995 West South Road. Troy. Greek Revival.
25. Solomon Caswell House (1832). 60 West Wattles Road. Troy. Greek Revival.

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