Montcalm County, Michigan

Founding: 1850 (declared in 1831)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French army general
Seat: Greenville (1850–1860); Stanton (1860–)

Land area: 705 square miles

Population (2020): 66,614

Population (historic): 891 (1850); 13,629 (1870); 32,754 (1890); 32,069 (1910); 27,471 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1880; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; six villages; 20 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,878 (17.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 56.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,363
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,354
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,493
Average farm size (1920): 59.9 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Michigan, Ohio, Canada, Pennsylvania, Denmark, and Germany
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Stanton

Namesake: Edwin Stanton, U.S. war secretary

Founding: 1860 (platting); 1862 (post office); 1869 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,348

Population (historic): 600 (1870); 1,352 (1890); 1,012 (1910); 955 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1860–1880; 1920s; 1940s; 1970–1990
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 188 (35.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Henry Loucks Farm (c. 1900). 10685 East Fenwick Road. Bloomer. Queen Anne.
2. Robert Edgar Farm (c. 1885). 11767 Howard City–Edmore Road. Cato. Queen Anne/Italianate.
3. Charles Parker Farm (c. 1870). 4525 North Arbogast Road. Maple Valley. Italianate.
4. Henry Henkel Farm (1867). 4531 North Henkel Road. Pierson. Italianate.
5. School (c. 1885). 19256 West Kendaville Road. Pierson. Gothic Revival.

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