Clearwater County, Minnesota

Founding: 1902
Parent county: Beltrami
Namesake: The Clearwater River or Clearwater Lake
Seat: Bagley (1902–)
Land area: 999 square miles
Population (2020): 8,524
Population (historic): 6,870 (1910); 8,569 (1920); 9,546 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1940
Subdivisions: Five cities; five CDPs; 23 townships
National Register listings: Five
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 733 (15.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 29.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $850
Average outbuilding value (1930): $762

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,253
Average farm size (1920): 52.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Norway, Sweden, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
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Bagley

 
Namesake: Sumner Bagley, Minnesota lumberman
Founding: 1894 (platting); 1898 (post office); 1899 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,285
Population (historic): 248 (1900); 801 (1910); 814 (1920); 885 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1890s–1910; 1930–1950; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 173 (25.7%)
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