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Keweenaw County, Michigan

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Founding:  1861 Parent county:  Houghton Namesake:  The Keweenaw Peninsula Seat:  Eagle River (1861–) Land area:  540 square miles Population (2020):  2,156 Population (historic):  4,205 (1870); 2,894 (1890); 7,156 (1910); 5,076 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1870–1880; 1890–1910; 1990s Subdivisions:  One village; three CDPs; five townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,003 (40.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  72.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  13.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  8.7% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $416 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $461 Number of farms (1920):  72 Average farm size (1920):  28 acres Sources of settlement:  Finland, Michigan, England, and Germany _________________________________________________________________________________ Eagle River Namesake:  The Eagle River Founding:  184...