Cook County, Minnesota

Founding: 1901 (declared in 1874)
Parent county: Lake

Namesake: Michael Cook, Minnesota politician
Seat: Grand Marais (1901–)

Land area: 1,452 square miles

Population (2020): 5,600

Population (historic): 65 (1880); 810 (1900); 2,435 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1890–1940; 1950s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; one CDP; three townships; three territories

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 664 (11%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,251
Average outbuilding value (1930): $715
Number of farms (1920): 141
Average farm size (1920): 19.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Minnesota, Norway, and Sweden
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Grand Marais

Namesake: A French phrase referencing the city's sheltered harbor

Founding: circa 1861 (founding); 1903 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,337

Population (historic): 355 (1910); 443 (1920); 618 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1960; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 133 (15.9%)
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