Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Founding: 1830 (declared in 1829) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: The Kalamazoo River Seat: Prairie Ronde (1830–1831); Kalamazoo (1831–) Land area: 562 square miles Population (2020): 261,670 Population (historic): 7,380 (1840); 24,646 (1860); 34,342 (1880); 44,310 (1900); 91,368 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1840–2020 Subdivisions: Four cities; five villages; five CDPs; 16 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 16,111 (14.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 55% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.4% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,957 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,556 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,161 Average farm size (1920): 78.4 acres Sources of settlement: New York, Ohio, Engl...