Gogebic County, Michigan
Founding: 1887 Parent county: Ontonagon Namesake: Lake Gogebic Seat: Bessemer (1887–) Land area: 1,102 square miles Population (2020): 14,380 Population (historic): 13,166 (1890); 23,333 (1910); 31,577 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1920 Subdivisions: Three cities; two CDPs; six townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,089 (37.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 54.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.7% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,486 Average outbuilding value (1930): $964 Number of farms (1920): 528 Average farm size (1920): 18.6 acres Sources of settlement: Michigan, Sweden, Finland, Wisconsin, and England _________________________________________________________________________________ Bessemer Namesake: Henry Bessemer, inventor of the Bessemer process Founding: 1884 (platt...