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

National Register listings: 13

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.