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

National Register listings: 84

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. *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. *Royal Aldrich House (1843). 31110 West 11 Mile Road. Farmington. Greek Revival.
6. *Samuel Davis House (1886). 32330 West 12 Mile Road. Farmington. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
7. *Lawrence Simmons House (1861). 37742 West 12 Mile Road. Farmington. Gothic Revival.
8. *Lemuel Botsford House (c. 1840). 24414 Farmington Road. Farmington. Greek Revival.
9. *Botsford Inn / Weston–Jennings House (1836/1841). 28000 Grand River Avenue. Farmington. Greek Revival.
10. *Stephen Rodgers House (c. 1840). 39040 West Nine Mile Road. 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. *Robert Yerkes House (1869). 535 East Base Line Road. Novi. Gothic Revival.
16. *Joseph Yerkes House (c. 1870). 42580 Eight Mile Road. Novi. Italianate. Razed.
17. *Samuel Wire House (c. 1865). 49805 Pontiac Trail. Novi. Italianate.
18. *Richard Simmons House (1866). 46400 West Ten Mile Road. 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.