Dickinson County, Michigan

Founding: 1891
Parent counties: Marquette, Menominee, and Iron

Namesake: Donald Dickinson, Michigan politician
Seat: Iron Mountain (1891–)

Land area: 761 square miles

Population (2020): 25,947

Population (historic): 17,890 (1900); 20,524 (1910); 19,456 (1920); 29,941 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1900–1910; 1920s; 1970–2000

Subdivisions: Three cities; one CDP; seven townships

National Register listings: 10

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,615 (25.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 58.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $990
Average outbuilding value (1930): $965

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 429
Average farm size (1920): 35.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, Sweden, Italy, Wisconsin, Austria, England, and France

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Iron Mountain

Namesake: Iron Mountain

Founding: 1879 (platting); 1880 (post office); 1887 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 7,518

Population (historic): 8,599 (1890); 9,216 (1910); 11,652 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1879–1900; 1920s; 1980s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,407 (40.6%)

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