Adams County, North Dakota

Founding: 1907
Parent county: Hettinger

Namesake: John Adams, railroad agent
Seat: Hettinger (1907–)

Land area: 988 square miles

Population (2020): 2,200

Population (historic): 5,407 (1910); 5,593 (1920); 6,343 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910; 1920s

Subdivisions: Four cities; 17 townships; four territories

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 296 (20.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 31%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,174
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,306
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 897
Average farm size (1920): 235 acres
Sources of settlement: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Russia, and Norway
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Hettinger

Namesake: Hettinger County

Founding: 1907 (platting); 1907 (post office); 1908 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,074

Population (historic): 766 (1910); 817 (1920); 1,292 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1907–1910; 1920s; 1940s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 113 (15.1%)

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