Kalkaska County, Michigan
Founding: 1871 (declared in 1840) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: A neologism coined by Henry Schoolcraft Seat: Kalkaska (1871–) Land area: 560 square miles Population (2020): 17,939 Population (historic): 2,937 (1880); 7,133 (1900); 3,799 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1910; 1930s; 1960–2020 Subdivisions: One village; four CDPs; 12 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 811 (6.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 63.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.7% Average farmhouse value (1930): $780 Average outbuilding value (1930): $712 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 796 Average farm size (1920): 65.1 acres Sources of settlement: New York, Canada, Germany, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Sweden ___________________________________________________________...