Huron County, Michigan

Founding: 1859 (declared in 1840)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Lake Huron
Seat: Harbor Beach (1859–1865); Port Austin (1865–1873); Bad Axe (1873–)

Land area: 836 square miles

Population (2020): 31,407

Population (historic): 3,165 (1860); 20,089 (1880); 34,162 (1900); 31,132 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1930–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: Three cities; eight villages; one CDP; 28 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,174 (19.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 54%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,518
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,655

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,604
Average farm size (1920): 83.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Canada, Michigan, Germany, New York, and Poland

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Bad Axe

Namesake: Bad Axe Camp, a surveyor's camp which existed at the city's site

Founding: 1870 (post office); 1905 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,021

Population (historic): 190 (1880); 1,241 (1900); 2,332 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1870–1990
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 434 (28.8%)

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