Kittson County, Minnesota

Founding: 1879 (declared in 1849)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Norman Kittson, Minnesota businessman
Seat: Hallock (1879–)

Land area: 1,099 square miles

Population (2020): 4,207

Population (historic): 905 (1880); 7,889 (1900); 9,688 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1870–1920; 1930s

Subdivisions: Nine cities; 26 townships; three territories

National Register listings: Four

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 616 (23.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,358
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,254

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,409
Average farm size (1920): 242.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Minnesota, Sweden, Norway, and Canada
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Hallock

Namesake: Charles Hallock, New York author

Founding: 1879 (platting); 1879 (post office); 1887 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 906

Population (historic): 302 (1890); 910 (1910); 869 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1920; 1930–1950
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 132 (22.5%)
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