Eddy County, North Dakota

Founding: 1885
Parent county: Foster

Namesake: Ezra Eddy, North Dakota banker
Seat: New Rockford (1885–)

Land area: 630 square miles

Population (2020): 2,347

Population (historic): 1,377 (1890); 3,330 (1900); 4,800 (1910); 6,493 (1920); 6,346 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1920

Subdivisions: Two cities; 18 townships

National Register listings: Five

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 389 (29.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 41.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 1.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,576
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,751
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 708
Average farm size (1920): 404 acres
Sources of settlement: Minnesota, Norway, Russia, Wisconsin, and Iowa
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New Rockford

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Rockford, Illinois

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

Population (2020): 1,361

Population (historic): 2,111 (1920); 2,195 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920; 1940s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 199 (24.8%)
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