Crawford County, Michigan

Founding: 1879 (declared in 1840)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: William Crawford, American soldier
Seat: Grayling (1879–)

Land area: 556 square miles

Population (2020): 12,988

Population (historic): 1,159 (1880); 2,943 (1900); 3,097 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1900–1920; 1930–2000

Subdivisions: One city; six townships

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 634 (5.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 89.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.4%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $936
Average outbuilding value (1930): $761
Number of farms (1920): 212
Average farm size (1920): 52.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, Canada, Denmark, New York, and Ohio
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Grayling

Namesake: The Arctic grayling, a fish once abundant in the Au Sable River

Founding: 1872 (platting as Crawford); 1874 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,867

Population (historic): 1,775 (1910); 2,450 (1920); 1,973 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1920; 1930s; 1960s; 1980s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 218 (24.6%)
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