Baraga County, Michigan
Founding: 1875 Parent county: Houghton Namesake: Frederic Baraga, Slovenian Catholic missionary Seat: L'Anse (1875–) Land area: 898 square miles Population (2020): 8,158 Population (historic): 1,804 (1880); 4,320 (1900); 6,127 (1910); 9,168 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1940; 1960–1980; 1990–2010 Subdivisions: Two villages; one CDP; five townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 983 (18.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 54.1% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.9% Average farmhouse value (1930): $959 Average outbuilding value (1930): $842 Number of farms (1920): 653 Average farm size (1920): 22.1 acres Sources of settlement: Michigan, Finland, and Sweden _________________________________________________________________________________ L'Anse Namesake: L'Anse Bay Founding: 1871...