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

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.

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