Golden Valley County, North Dakota

Founding: 1912
Parent county: Billings

Namesake: A descriptive name
Seat: Beach (1912–)

Land area: 1,001 square miles

Population (2020): 1,736

Population (historic): 4,832 (1920); 4,122 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920

Subdivisions: Three cities; 10 townships; four territories

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 350 (33.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 40.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,086
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,291
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 777
Average farm size (1920): 305 acres
Sources of settlement: North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Norway, Iowa, and Russia

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Beach

Namesake: Warren Beach, army surveyor

Founding: 1902 (platting); 1902 (post office); 1908 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 981

Population (historic): 1,003 (1910); 1,106 (1920); 1,263 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1900s; 1940s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 207 (32.4%)
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