Saginaw County, Michigan

 

Founding: 1835 (declared in 1822)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The Saginaw River
Seat: Saginaw (1835–)

Land area: 800 square miles

Population (2020): 190,124

Population (historic): 892 (1840); 12,693 (1860); 59,095 (1880); 81,222 (1900); 120,717 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1840–1890; 1900–1980

Subdivisions: Three cities; five villages; seven CDPs; 27 townships

National Register listings: 41

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 15,659 (17.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 48.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 20.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,663
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,588
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 5,143
Average farm size (1920): 61.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Canada, New York, Germany, Ohio, and Ireland
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Saginaw

Namesake: The Saginaw River

Founding: 1830 (platting); 1831 (post office); 1857 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 44,202

Population (historic): 1,699 (1860); 10,525 (1880); 42,345 (1900); 80,715 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1890; 1900–1960

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,518 (39.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *St. Lorenz Lutheran Church (1880). 1030 West Tuscola Street. Frankenmuth. Gothic Revival.
2. *St. Michael Catholic Church (1889). 17994 Lincoln Road. Maple Grove. Romanesque.
3. Oliver Purchase House (c. 1875). 7525 Midland Road. Tittabawassee. Italianate.