Billings County, North Dakota

Founding: 1886 (declared in 1879)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Frederick Billings, Northern Pacific Railway president
Seat: Medora (1886–)

Land area: 1,149 square miles

Population (2020): 945

Population (historic): 1,323 (1880); 975 (1900); 3,126 (1920); 3,140 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1900s

Subdivisions: One city; two territories

National Register listings: 11

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 100 (18.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 55.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $776
Average outbuilding value (1930): $827
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 603
Average farm size (1920): 173.4 acres
Sources of settlement: North Dakota, Austria, Russia, and Minnesota
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Medora

Namesake: Medora Von Hoffmann, wife of the city's founder

Founding: 1883 (platting); 1883 (post office)

Population (2020): 121

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 14 (10.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Chateau de Mores / Marquis de Morès Estate (1883). 3448 Chateau Road. South Billings Territory.