Tuscola County, Michigan

 

Founding: 1850 (declared in 1840)
Parent county: Sanilac

Namesake: A neologism coined by Henry Schoolcraft
Seat: Vassar (1850–1865); Caro (1865–)

Land area: 803 square miles

Population (2020): 53,323

Population (historic): 4,886 (1860); 25,738 (1880); 25,890 (1900); 32,934 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1890; 1900s; 1930–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities; nine villages; one CDP; 23 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,241 (21.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 58%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,380
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,411
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,658
Average farm size (1920): 72 acres
Sources of settlement: Canada, New York, Ohio, Germany, Pennsylvania, and England
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Caro

Namesake: Cairo, Egypt

Founding: circa 1858 (founding as Centerville); 1866 (post office); 1871 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,328

Population (historic): 1,282 (1880); 2,006 (1900); 2,554 91930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1930–1970; 1990–2020

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 449 (22.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. William Randall Farm (1870–1872). 5927 Treasurer Road. Dayton. Greek Revival.
2. James Kirk Farm (1879). 5509 West Gifford Road. Fair Grove. Italianate.
3. Matthias Ringle House (c. 1880). 1511 North Ringle Road. Fair Grove. Second Empire.
4. Gottlieb Schian House (c. 1880). 5821 Dixon Road. Juniata. Italianate.
5. Richard Burtis Farm (1879). 2163 South Ringle Road. Juniata. Second Empire.
6. John Stern House (c. 1895). 9906 Frankenmuth Road. Tuscola.

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