Haakon County, South Dakota

 

Founding: 1915 (declared in 1914)
Parent county: Stanley

Namesake: King Haakon VII of Norway
Seat: Philip (1915–)

Land area: 1,811 square miles

Population (2020): 1,872

Population (historic): 4,596 (1920); 4,679 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1930; 1950s

Subdivisions: Two towns; two territories

National Register listings: Four

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 264 (23%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 22.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $875
Average outbuilding value (1930): $712
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 819
Average farm size (1920): 211.5 acres
Sources of settlement: South Dakota and Iowa
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Philip

Namesake: James Philip, South Dakota politician

Founding: 1907 (platting); 1907 (post office); 1908 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 759

Population (historic): 578 (1910); 647 (1920); 786 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1930; 1950s; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 132 (23.2%)

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