There Are 3,529 Farms In Washtenaw County

This county in 1902, according to the secretary of state, contained 3,529 farms.  The farms averaged 112 acres in size.  In these farms there were 296,963 acres of improved land and 96,800 acres of unimproved land.  In the whole state there were 168,322 farms, of an average size of 88 acres.

Augusta contained more farms than any other township in the county, the number being 268 and their average size 65 acres, the smallest in the county.  On the other hand Dexter township had the least number of farms and the largest average size per farm.  Dexter had 113 farms averaging 158 acres in size.  The largest total acreage in farms was in Bridgewater, 22,154, and the smallest in Salem, 17,099.  The largest improved acreage was in Pittsfield, 18,012, and the smallest Lyndon, 11,283.  The unimproved acreage varied from 1,649 acres in Ypsilanti town to 8,660 acres in Lyndon.  the number of farms and their average size in the various townships was as follows:

Ann Arbor: 120 farms, 147 av. acres

Augusta: 268 farms, 65 av. acres

Bridgewater: 227 farms, 98 av. acres

Dexter: 113 farms, 158 av. acres

Freedom: 168 farms, 120 av. acres

Lima: 155 farms, 132 av. acres

Lodi: 170 farms, 117 av. acres

Lyndon: 137 farms, 146 av. acres

Manchester: 171 farms, 114 av. acres

Northfield: 221 farms, 92 av. acres

Pittsfield: 189 farms, 116 av. acres

Salem: 190 farms, 90 av. acres

Saline: 183 farms, 108 av. acres

Scio: 132 farms, 147 av. acres

Sharon: 167 farms, 117 av. acres

Superior: 205 farms, 104 av. acres

Sylvan: 177 farms, 114 av. acres

Webster: 146 farms, 145 av. acres

York: 215 farms, 95 av. acres

Ypsilanti: 175 farms, 101 av. acres