Dodge County, Minnesota

Founding: 1855
Parent county: Rice

Namesake: Henry Dodge, Wisconsin governor
Seat: Mantorville (1855–)

Land area: 439 square miles

Population (2020): 20,867

Population (historic): 3,797 (1860); 11,344 (1880); 13,340 (1900); 12,127 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1880; 1890s; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Six cities; 12 townships

National Register listings: 12

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,769 (21.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 60.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,843
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,368
Number of farms (1920): 1,636
Average farm size (1920): 128 acres
Sources of settlement: Wisconsin, New York, and Norway
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Mantorville

Namesake: The Mantor family, who owned property in the area

Founding: 1854 (platting); 1855 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,111

Population (historic): 280 (1860); 477 (1880); 602 (1900); 387 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1870; 1890s; 1930s; 1970–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 60 (14%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Ole Carlson Farm (1880). 68716 270th Road. Canisteo. Italianate.
2. *Andrew Holtermann House (c. 1878). 26714 690th Road. Canisteo. Italianate.
3. *Perry Nelson Farm (c. 1870). 21688 560th Road. Concord. Italianate.