Traverse County, Minnesota

Founding: 1881 (declared in 1862)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Lake Traverse
Seat: Brown's Valley (1881–1886); Wheaton (1886–)

Land area: 574 square miles

Population (2020): 3,360

Population (historic): 1,507 (1880); 7,573 (1900); 8,049 (1910); 8,938 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1870–1900

Subdivisions: Four cities; 15 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 741 (35.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 43.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,827
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,086

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,035
Average farm size (1920): 290.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Minnesota, Sweden, and Germany
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Wheaton

Namesake: Daniel Wheaton, surveyor

Founding: 1884 (platting); 1884 (post office); 1887 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,460

Population (historic): 883 (1890); 1,300 (1910); 1,279 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1884–1910; 1930–1950
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 298 (34%)
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