Marquette County, Michigan

Founding: 1851 (declared in 1843)
Parent counties: Chippewa and Mackinac

Namesake: Jacques Marquette, Jesuit missionary
Seat: Marquette (1850s–)

Land area: 1,808 square miles

Population (2020): 66,017

Population (historic): 2,821 (1860); 25,394 (1880); 41,239 (1900); 44,076 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1850–1910; 1930–1980; 2000s

Subdivisions: Three cities; nine CDPs; 19 townships

National Register listings: 41

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,535 (18.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 68%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.2%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $901
Average outbuilding value (1930): $944
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 846
Average farm size (1920): 33 acres
Sources of settlement: Canada, Sweden, Finland, France, New York, Germany, England, and Ireland
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Marquette

Namesake: Jacques Marquette, Jesuit missionary

Founding: 1854 (platting); 1856 (post office); 1859 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 20,629

Population (historic): 4,000 (1870); 9,098 (1890); 11,503 (1910); 14,789 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1854–1980; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,524 (29.3%)
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