Clare County, Michigan

Founding: 1871 (declared in 1840)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: County Clare, Ireland
Seat: Farwell (1871–1879); Harrison (1879–)

Land area: 564 square miles

Population (2020): 30,856

Population (historic): 4,187 (1880); 8,360 (1900); 7,032 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1870–1910; 1930–2000

Subdivisions: Two cities; one village; 16 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,341 (5.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 51.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $959
Average outbuilding value (1930): $958
Number of farms (1920): 1,248
Average farm size (1920): 52.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, Canada, New York, and Pennsylvania
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Harrison

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps William Henry Harrison, U.S. president

Founding: 1879 (platting); 1880 (post office); 1885 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,150

Population (historic): 129 (1880); 647 (1900); 458 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1920–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 133 (9.8%)
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