Mecosta County, Michigan
Founding: 1859 (declared in 1840) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Mecosta, Potawatomi chief Seat: Big Rapids (1859–) Land area: 555 square miles Population (2020): 39,714 Population (historic): 970 (1860); 13,973 (1880); 20,693 (1900); 15,738 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1930–2010 Subdivisions: One city; four villages; one CDP; 16 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,414 (11.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 60.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,103 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,058 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.2 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,676 Average farm size (1920): 61.8 acres Sources of settlement: Michigan, New York, Canada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Germany ____________________________________________...