Allegan County, Michigan

Founding: 1835 (declared in 1831)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: A neologism coined by Henry Schoolcraft
Seat: Allegan (1835–)

Land area: 825 square miles

Population (2020): 120,502

Population (historic): 1,783 (1840); 16,087 (1860); 37,815 (1880); 38,812 (1900); 38,974 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1890; 1900s; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: Seven cities; two villages; 24 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,532 (18.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 67%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 14.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.4%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,547
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,358

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 5,734
Average farm size (1920): 57.1 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Ohio, Holland, Canada, Germany, England, and Pennsylvania

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Allegan

Namesake: Allegan County

Founding: 1833 (platting); 1833 (post office); 1838 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 5,222

Population (historic): 2,374 (1870); 2,669 (1890); 3,419 (1910); 3,941 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870; 1880s; 1900–1960; 1970s; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 683 (38.1%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. John Kleinheksel Farm (c. 1875). 5185 140th Road. Fillmore. Italianate.
2. John Lummen House (c. 1880). 5736 140th Road. Fillmore.
3. James Ives House (c. 1870). 876 Miller Road. Gun Plain. Italianate.
4. James Sherwood House (1863–1864). 768 Riverview Drive. Gun Plain. Greek Revival.
5. Dorr Felt Estate (1927). 6597 138th Road. Laketown. Georgian Revival.
6. John Thede House (c. 1880). 4469 2nd Road. Leighton. Italianate.
7. John Rogers House (c. 1875). 388 108th Road. Leighton. Italianate.
8. Elijah Bowman House (c. 1870). 434 108th Road. Leighton. Gothic Revival.
9. John Moored Farm (c. 1880). 4436 30th Road. Salem. Eastlake.
10. William Heasley House (c. 1880). 4420 32nd Road. Salem.
11. St. Mary Catholic Church (1908). 2455 146th Road. Salem. Gothic Revival.
12. John Wurtz House (1906). 340 State Route 40. Trowbridge. Queen Anne.
13. George Jackson Farm (1876). 3480 North Patterson Road. Wayland. Italianate.

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