The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1848 (declared in 1836) Parent county:  Brown Namesake:  Jacques Marquette, French missionary Seat:  Marquette (1848–1858); Montello (1858–) Land area:  456 square miles Population (2020):  15,592 Population (historic):  8,641 (1850); 8,056 (1870); 8,908 (1890); 10,741 (1910); 9,388 (1930) Periods of population growth:  1840s; 1870–1910; 1960–2000; 2010s Subdivisions:  One city; four villages; one CDP; 14 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,790 (17.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  66.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  6.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  11.5% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,333 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,424 Average farmhouse size (1940):  7.3 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,432 Average farm size (1920):  93.4 acres Sources of settlement:  Germany, New York, and Ireland _______________________________________...

Founding:  1851 (declared in 1843) Parent counties:  Chippewa and Mackinac Namesake:  Jacques Marquette, Jesuit missionary Seat:  Marquette (1850s–) Land area:  1,808 square miles Population (2020):  66,017 Population (historic):  2,821 (1860); 25,394 (1880); 41,239 (1900); 44,076 (1930) Periods of population growth:  1850–1910; 1930–1980; 2000s Subdivisions:  Three cities; nine CDPs; 19 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  6,535 (18.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  68% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  7.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  7.2% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $901 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $944 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.9 rooms Number of farms (1920):  846 Average farm size (1920):  33 acres Sources of settlement:  Canada, Sweden, Finland, France, New York, Germany, England, and Ireland _____________________________...