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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Outstanding Buildings

1. St. Mary of Czestochowa Catholic Church (1932–1933). 1709 Moeller Road. Dwight. Romanesque.
2. James Hunter House (c. 1890). 3442 Grindstone Road. Port Austin. Gothic Revival.
3. James Grice House (c. 1875). 865 North Huron Avenue. Sand Beach.
4. Frederick Currey House (c. 1900). 10681 Canboro Road. Sebewaing. Queen Anne.
5. Michael Grassmann House (c. 1875). 9487 Liken Road. Sebewaing.
6. St. Columbkille Catholic Church (c. 1900). 3031 McAlpin Road. Sheridan. Gothic Revival.
7. William Clabuesch Farm (c. 1890). 7787 Pigeon Road. Winsor. Italianate.

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