Red Lake County, Minnesota

Founding: 1896
Parent county: Polk

Namesake: The Red Lake River
Seat: Red Lake Falls (1896–)

Land area: 432 square miles

Population (2020): 3,935

Population (historic): 12,195 (1900); 6,564 (1910); 7,263 (1920); 6,887 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1900; 1910s; 1930s

Subdivisions: Four cities; 13 townships

National Register listings: Two

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 516 (26.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,073
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,095
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 907
Average farm size (1920): 175.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Canada, Minnesota, and Norway
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Red Lake Falls

Namesake: Rapids along the Red Lake River

Founding: 1878 (post office); 1881 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,339

Population (historic): 774 (1890); 1,757 (1910); 1,386 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1880–1900; 1930–1950; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 182 (25%)
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