Newaygo County, Michigan

Founding: 1851 (declared in 1840)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Uncertain—likely a word of Ojibwe origin
Seat: Newaygo (1851–1881); White Cloud (1881–)

Land area: 813 square miles

Population (2020): 49,978

Population (historic): 2,760 (1860); 14,688 (1880); 17,673 (1900); 17,029 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1890; 1900s; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: Four cities; one village; 24 townships

National Register listings: Five

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,920 (11.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 52.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,144
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,044
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,836
Average farm size (1920): 59.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Michigan, New York, Canada, and Ohio
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White Cloud

Namesake: Uncertain—likely one of several Native American figures with the name White Cloud

Founding: 1870s (platting as Morganville); 1877 (post office); 1879 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,479

Population (historic): 440 (1880); 595 (1900); 615 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1900s; 1930–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 63 (13.2%)
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