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Newaygo County, Michigan

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Founding:  1851 (declared in 1840) Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  Uncertain—likely a word of Ojibwe origin Seat:  Newaygo (1851–1881); White Cloud (1881–) Land area:  813 square miles Population (2020):  49,978 Population (historic):  2,760 (1860); 14,688 (1880); 17,673 (1900); 17,029 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1860–1890; 1900s; 1930–2020 Subdivisions:  Four cities; one village; 24 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  2,920 (11.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  52.4% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  5.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  18.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  11.5% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,144 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,044 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.7 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,836 Average farm size (1920):  59.1 acres Sources of settlement:  Michigan, New...