Cheboygan County, Michigan

Founding: 1853 (declared in 1840)
Parent county: Mackinac

Namesake: The Cheboygan River
Seat: Cheboygan (1853–)

Land area: 715 square miles

Population (2020): 25,579

Population (historic): 517 (1860); 6,524 (1880); 15,516 (1900); 11,502 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1930–2000

Subdivisions: One city; two villages; one CDP; 19 townships

National Register listings: 10

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,708 (14.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 53.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $723
Average outbuilding value (1930): $663
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,186
Average farm size (1920): 47.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, Canada, France, New York, Poland, Germany, and Ohio
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Cheboygan

Namesake: The Cheboygan River

Founding: circa 1845 (founding as Duncan); 1850 (post office); 1871 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,770

Population (historic): 2,269 (1880); 6,489 (1900); 4,923 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910; 1930–1960; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 738 (28.9%)
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