Alpena County, Michigan
Founding: 1857 (declared in 1840) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: A neologism coined by Henry Schoolcraft Seat: Alpena (1857–) Land area: 572 square miles Population (2020): 28,907 Population (historic): 290 (1860); 8,789 (1880); 18,254 (1900); 18,574 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1860–1910; 1920–1980; 1990s Subdivisions: One city; one village; one CDP; eight townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,306 (14.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 52.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.1% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,012 Average outbuilding value (1930): $990 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,275 Average farm size (1920): 49.6 acres Sources of settlement: Michigan, Canada, Germany, France, New York, Poland, and Ireland _________________________________________...