Alpena County, Michigan

Founding: 1857 (declared in 1840)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: A neologism coined by Henry Schoolcraft
Seat: Alpena (1857–)

Land area: 572 square miles

Population (2020): 28,907

Population (historic): 290 (1860); 8,789 (1880); 18,254 (1900); 18,574 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1860–1910; 1920–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; one village; one CDP; eight townships

National Register listings: 11

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,306 (14.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 52.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,012
Average outbuilding value (1930): $990

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,275
Average farm size (1920): 49.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, Canada, Germany, France, New York, Poland, and Ireland

___________________________________________________________________________________

Alpena

Namesake: A neologism coined by Henry Schoolcraft

Founding: 1857 (post office); 1860 (platting); 1871 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 10,197

Population (historic): 6,153 (1880); 11,802 (1900); 12,166 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1860–1910; 1920–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,496 (29.9%)

___________________________________________________________________________________



View and filter the data. Or see a larger map.

_________________________________________________________________________________

Outstanding Buildings

1. Bernard Wolff Farm (1894). 5641 Long Rapids Road. Maple Ridge. Eastlake.