Presque Isle County, Michigan

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

Namesake: Presque Isle
Seat: Rogers City (1871–)

Land area: 659 square miles

Population (2020): 12,982

Population (historic): 3,113 (1880); 8,821 (1900); 11,330 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1860–1920; 1930s; 1950s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities; two villages; one CDP; 14 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,372 (13.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 56.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $931
Average outbuilding value (1930): $885
Number of farms (1920): 1,056
Average farm size (1920): 48.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, Canada, Germany, and Poland
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Rogers City

Namesake: William Rogers, owner of the city site

Founding: 1869 (platting); 1870 (post office); 1872 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,850

Population (historic): 325 (1880); 544 (1900); 3,278 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1930; 1940–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 364 (23.5%)
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