Houghton County, Michigan

Founding: 1846 (declared in 1845)
Parent county: Marquette

Namesake: Douglass Houghton, Michigan geologist
Seat: Eagle River (1846–1861); Houghton (1861–)

Land area: 1,009 square miles

Population (2020): 37,361

Population (historic): 708 (1850); 13,879 (1870); 35,389 (1890); 88,098 (1910); 52,851 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1970s; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; five villages; two CDPs; 14 townships

National Register listings: 43

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 7,695 (41%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 64.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $671
Average outbuilding value (1930): $677
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,741
Average farm size (1920): 32.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Sweden, Finland, England, Canada, France, Wisconsin, Germany, Austria, and Italy
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Houghton

Namesake: Douglass Houghton, Michigan geologist

Founding: 1852 (post office); 1854 (platting); 1861 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 8,386

Population (historic): 2,157 (1860); 1,438 (1880); 3,359 (1900); 3,757 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1850s; 1880–1910; 1940s; 1960–1980; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 802 (28.4%)
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