Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Founding: 1851 (declared in 1840) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Grand Traverse Bay Seat: Traverse City (1851–) Land area: 464 square miles Population (2020): 95,238 Population (historic): 1,286 (1860); 8,422 (1880); 20,479 (1900); 20,011 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1920–2020 Subdivisions: One city; two villages; three CDPs; 13 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,253 (11.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 63.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,402 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,320 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,725 Average farm size (1920): 66 acres Sources of settlement: Michigan, New York, Canada, Ohio, Indiana, and Germany _______________________________________________________...