Sargent County, North Dakota

 

Founding: 1883
Parent county: Ransom

Namesake: H.E. Sargent, railroad official
Seat: Milnor (1883–1886); Forman (1886–)

Land area: 859 square miles

Population (2020): 3,862

Population (historic): 5,076 (1890); 9,202 (1910); 9,298 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1910

Subdivisions: Seven cities; one CDP; 32 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 481 (22.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,786
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,892
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,321
Average farm size (1920): 326.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Minnesota, Norway, Iowa, and Sweden
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Forman

Namesake: Cornelius Forman, platter

Founding: 1883 (platting); 1883 (post office); 1889 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 509

Population (historic): 178 (1890); 352 (1910); 386 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1920; 1930s; 1950–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 45 (17.4%)
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