Bowman County, North Dakota

Founding: 1907 (declared in 1901)
Parent county: Billings

Namesake: Edward Bowman, South Dakota politician
Seat: Bowman (1907–)

Land area: 1,162 square miles

Population (2020): 2,993

Population (historic): 4,668 (1910); 4,768 (1920); 5,119 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910; 1920s

Subdivisions: Four cities; 24 townships; two territories

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 338 (19.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $923
Average outbuilding value (1930): $997
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 788
Average farm size (1920): 222.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Norway
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Bowman

Namesake: Bowman County

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

Population (2020): 1,470

Population (historic): 481 (1910); 767 (1920); 888 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1907–1930; 1940–1960; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 154 (16.7%)
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