Polk County, Minnesota

 

Founding: 1872 (declared in 1858)
Parent county: Pembina

Namesake: James Polk, U.S. president
Seat: Crookston (1872–)

Land area: 1,971 square miles

Population (2020): 31,192

Population (historic): 11,433 (1880); 35,429 (1900); 36,019 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1870–1900

Subdivisions: 15 cities; 58 townships

National Register listings: Six

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,344 (22.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 41.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,307
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,448
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,200
Average farm size (1920): 200.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Norway, Sweden, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Canada, Germany, and France
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Crookston

Namesake: William Crooks, an early resident

Founding: 1872 (platting); 1872 (post office); 1879 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 7,482

Population (historic): 1,227 (1880); 5,359 (1900); 6,321 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910; 1930s; 1950s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,103 (33%)
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