Missaukee County, Michigan

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

Namesake: Lake Missaukee
Seat: Lake City (1873–)

Land area: 565 square miles

Population (2020): 15,052

Population (historic): 1,553 (1880); 9,308 (1900); 6,992 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1870–1910; 1930s; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP; 16 townships

National Register listings: Two

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 989 (10.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 55.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.2%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $969
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,039

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,359
Average farm size (1920): 57.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, Canada, Holland, New York, and Sweden
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Lake City

Namesake: Lake Missaukee

Founding: circa 1872 (founding as Reeder); 1872 (post office); 1889 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 829

Population (historic): 61 (1880); 816 (1900); 610 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1872–1900; 1920–1950; 1970–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 117 (23.8%)
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