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Cheboygan County, Michigan

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Founding:  1853 (declared in 1840) Parent county:  Mackinac Namesake:  The Cheboygan River Seat:  Cheboygan (1853–) Land area:  715 square miles Population (2020):  25,579 Population (historic):  517 (1860); 6,524 (1880); 15,516 (1900); 11,502 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1860–1910; 1930–2000 Subdivisions:  One city; two villages; one CDP; 19 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  2,708 (14.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  53.3% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  2.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  24.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  13.5% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $723 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $663 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.6 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,186 Average farm size (1920):  47.2 acres Sources of settlement:  Michigan, Canada, France, New York, Poland, Germany, and Ohio ______________...