Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

Founding: 1923
Parent county: Beltrami

Namesake: Lake of the Woods
Seat: Baudette (1923–)

Land area: 1,298 square miles

Population (2020): 3,763

Population (historic): 4,194 (1930); 5,975 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1930–1940; 1980–2000

Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP; 32 townships

National Register listings: Five

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 212 (5.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 22.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 33.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $511
Average outbuilding value (1930): $428

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.4 rooms
Number of farms (1930): 723
Average farm size (1930): 156.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Minnesota, Sweden, Canada, and Iowa
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Baudette

Namesake: Joseph Beaudette, local trapper

Founding: 1901 (platting); 1901 (post office); 1907 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 966

Population (historic): 897 (1910); 960 (1920); 822 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910; 1930s; 1950s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 98 (16.3%)

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