Williams County, North Dakota

 

Founding: 1891
Parent counties: Buford and Flannery

Namesake: Erastus Williams, North Dakota politician
Seat: Williston (1891–)

Land area: 2,077 square miles

Population (2020): 40,950

Population (historic): 1,530 (1900); 14,234 (1910); 17,980 (1920); 19,553 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1890–1930; 1950s; 1970s; 2000–2020

Subdivisions: Eight cities; 54 townships

National Register listings: Eight

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,626 (8.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 37.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,073
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,007
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,437
Average farm size (1920): 208.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Norway, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Russia, and Germany
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Williston

Namesake: Daniel Willis James, New York businessman

Founding: 1887 (platting); 1887 (post office)

Population (2020): 29,160

Population (historic): 295 (1890); 3,124 (1910); 5,106 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1890–1960; 1970s; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,018 (7%)
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