Luce County, Michigan
Founding: 1887 Parent county: Chippewa Namesake: Cyrus Luce, Michigan governor Seat: Newberry (1887–) Land area: 899 square miles Population (2020): 5,339 Population (historic): 2,455 (1890); 4,044 (1910); 6,528 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1950; 1990s Subdivisions: One village; four townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 448 (10.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 50.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.7% Average farmhouse value (1930): $884 Average outbuilding value (1930): $906 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms Number of farms (1920): 194 Average farm size (1920): 51.7 acres Sources of settlement: Canada, Sweden, and Finland _________________________________________________________________________________ Newberry Namesake: John Newberry, Michigan politician ...