Hettinger County, North Dakota

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

Namesake: Mathias Hettinger, Illinois banker
Seat: Mott (1907–)

Land area: 1,132 square miles

Population (2020): 2,489

Population (historic): 6,557 (1910); 7,685 (1920); 8,796 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1930

Subdivisions: Three cities; 30 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 373 (25.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 26.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,360
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,498
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,131
Average farm size (1920): 284.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Russia, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Hungary
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Mott

Namesake: Uncertain

Founding: 1904 (platting); 1904 (post office)

Population (2020): 653

Population (historic): 723 (1920); 1,036 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1950
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 119 (26.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. John Stern House-Barn (1905–1907). State Route 21, east of 89th Road. Beery.
2. Neuberg Congregational Church (1925). Newburg Road and Burt Road. Odessa. Gothic Revival.

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