Gogebic County, Michigan

Founding: 1887
Parent county: Ontonagon

Namesake: Lake Gogebic
Seat: Bessemer (1887–)

Land area: 1,102 square miles

Population (2020): 14,380

Population (historic): 13,166 (1890); 23,333 (1910); 31,577 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1920

Subdivisions: Three cities; two CDPs; six townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,089 (37.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 54.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,486
Average outbuilding value (1930): $964
Number of farms (1920): 528
Average farm size (1920): 18.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, Sweden, Finland, Wisconsin, and England

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Bessemer

Namesake: Henry Bessemer, inventor of the Bessemer process

Founding: 1884 (platting); 1884 (post office); 1887 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,805

Population (historic): 2,566 (1890); 4,583 (1910); 4,035 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1884–1920
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 579 (54.1%)

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