Keweenaw County, Michigan
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...