Genesee County, Michigan

Founding: 1836 (declared in 1835)
Parent counties: Lapeer, Saginaw, and Shiawassee

Namesake: Genesee County, New York
Seat: Flint (1836–)

Land area: 637 square miles

Population (2020): 406,211

Population (historic): 4,268 (1840); 22,498 (1860); 39,220 (1880); 41,804 (1900); 211,641 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: 11 cities; five villages; three CDPs; 18 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 20,534 (10.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 37.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,855
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,768
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,639
Average farm size (1920): 80.1 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Canada, England, Ireland, and Ohio
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Flint

Namesake: The Flint River

Founding: 1836 (platting); 1836 (post office); 1855 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 81,252

Population (historic): 1,670 (1850); 5,386 (1870); 9,803 (1890); 38,550 (1910); 156,492 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1836–1930; 1940–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,138 (18.7%)
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