Muskegon County, Michigan

Founding: 1859
Parent counties: Oceana and Ottawa

Namesake: The Muskegon River
Seat: Muskegon (1859–)

Land area: 499 square miles

Population (2020): 175,824

Population (historic): 3,947 (1860); 26,586 (1880); 37,036 (1900); 84,630 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1890; 1900–2020

Subdivisions: Seven cities; four villages; two CDPs; 16 townships

National Register listings: 15

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11,816 (15.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 41.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,658
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,233

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,036
Average farm size (1920): 52.9 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Canada, Holland, Germany, Sweden, Ohio, and Pennsylvania

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Muskegon

Namesake: The Muskegon River

Founding: 1849 (platting); 1859 (post office); 1861 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 38,318

Population (historic): 1,450 (1860); 11,262 (1880); 20,818 (1900); 41,390 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1890; 1900–1950
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,387 (33.5%)

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