Benzie County, Michigan

Founding: 1869 (declared in 1863)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The Betsie River
Seat: Frankfort (1869–1872, 1895–1908); Benzonia (1872–1895); Honor (1908–1916); Beulah (1916–)

Land area: 320 square miles

Population (2020): 17,970

Population (historic): 2,184 (1870); 5,237 (1890); 10,638 (1910); 6,587 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1910; 1930–1950; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: One city; six villages; seven CDPs; 12 townships

National Register listings: Nine

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,581 (12.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,128
Average outbuilding value (1930): $776

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 972
Average farm size (1920): 50.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, New York, Canada, Ohio, Indiana, and Norway

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Beulah

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1880 (platting); 1892 (post office)

Population (2020): 313

Periods of population growth: pre-1940–1950; 1960s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 67 (18.1%)

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