Manistee County, Michigan
Founding: 1855 (declared in 1840) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: The Manistee River Seat: Manistee (1855–) Land area: 542 square miles Population (2020): 25,032 Population (historic): 975 (1860); 12,532 (1880); 27,856 (1900); 17,409 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1930–1980; 1990–2020 Subdivisions: One city; five villages; seven CDPs; 14 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,071 (19.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 67.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.7% Average farmhouse value (1930): $939 Average outbuilding value (1930): $878 Number of farms (1920): 1,499 Average farm size (1920): 56.9 acres Sources of settlement: Michigan, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, New York, Wisconsin, and Ohio __________________________________________________________________________...