Menominee County, Michigan

Founding: 1863 (declared in 1861)
Parent county: Delta

Namesake: The Menominee River
Seat: Menominee (1863–)

Land area: 1,044 square miles

Population (2020): 23,502

Population (historic): 1,791 (1870); 33,639 (1890); 25,648 (1910); 23,652 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1930–1950; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities; three villages; 14 townships

National Register listings: 11

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,256 (22.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 58.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,104
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,061

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,106
Average farm size (1920): 40.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, Wisconsin, Sweden, Germany, Canada, France, and New York

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Menominee

Namesake: The Menominee River

Founding: 1863 (platting); 1863 (post office)

Population (2020): 8,488

Population (historic): 1,597 (1870); 10,630 (1890); 10,507 (1910); 10,320 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1863–1900; 1920s; 1940–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,536 (35%)

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