Sheridan County, North Dakota

Founding: 1908
Parent county: McLean

Namesake: Philip Sheridan, Union general
Seat: McClusky (1908–)

Land area: 972 square miles

Population (2020): 1,265

Population (historic): 8,103 (1910); 7,935 (1920); 7,373 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910

Subdivisions: Three cities; one CDP; 14 townships

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 255 (29.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 25.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,119
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,230
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,118
Average farm size (1920): 294.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Russia, South Dakota, Minnesota, Romania, Iowa, Germany, and Norway
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McClusky

Namesake: William McClusky, a nearby resident

Founding: 1903 (post office); 1905 (platting)

Population (2020): 322

Population (historic): 517 (1910); 646 (1920); 719 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1940
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 53 (20.2%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Daniel Winter House (c. 1900). 22nd Road, north of 16th Road. Fairview. Razed.