Ogemaw County, Michigan

Founding: 1875 (declared in 1840)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The Ojibwe word ogimaa ("chief" or "leader")
Seat: West Branch (1875–)

Land area: 563 square miles

Population (2020): 20,770

Population (historic): 1,914 (1880); 7,765 (1900); 6,595 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1870–1910; 1930–2000

Subdivisions: Two cities; one village; two CDPs; 14 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,516 (9.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 53.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $892
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,065
Number of farms (1920): 1,281
Average farm size (1920): 52.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Canada and Michigan
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West Branch

Namesake: The West Branch of the Rifle River

Founding: 1872 (platting as Springvale); 1873 (post office); 1885 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,351

Population (historic): 139 (1880); 1,412 (1900); 1,164 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1872–1900; 1920–1950; 1980–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 231 (21.1%)
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