Divide County, North Dakota

 

Founding: 1910
Parent county: Williams

Namesake: Perhaps the Laurentian Divide, which runs through the county
Seat: Crosby (1910–)

Land area: 1,261 square miles

Population (2020): 2,195

Population (historic): 6,015 (1910); 9,637 (1920); 9,636 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1920; 2010s

Subdivisions: Four cities; 32 townships

National Register listings: Five

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 500 (30.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 27.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,284
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,580
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,642
Average farm size (1920): 271.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Norway and Minnesota
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Crosby

Namesake: S.A. Crosby, North Dakota businessman

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

Population (2020): 1,065

Population (historic): 206 (1910); 1,147 (1920); 1,271 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1950; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 203 (28.8%)
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