Saginaw County, Michigan
Founding: 1835 (declared in 1822) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: The Saginaw River Seat: Saginaw (1835–) Land area: 800 square miles Population (2020): 190,124 Population (historic): 892 (1840); 12,693 (1860); 59,095 (1880); 81,222 (1900); 120,717 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1840–1890; 1900–1980 Subdivisions: Three cities; five villages; seven CDPs; 27 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 15,659 (17.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 48.8% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 20.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.7% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.1% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,663 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,588 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 5,143 Average farm size (1920): 61.7 acres Sources of settlement: Canada, New York, Germany, Ohio, and Ireland _______________...