Golden Valley County, Montana

Founding: 1920
Parent counties: Musselshell and Sweet Grass
Namesake: A descriptive name
Seat: Ryegate (1920–)
Land area: 1,175 square miles
Population (2020): 827
Population (historic): 2,126 (1930); 1,607 (1940)
Periods of population growth: pre-1930; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two towns; one CDP
National Register listings: Five
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 160 (33.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $686
Average outbuilding value (1930): $680

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.7 rooms

Number of farms (1930): 387
_________________________________________________________________________________
 

Ryegate

 
Namesake: A reference to rye fields near the town site
Founding: 1908 (platting); 1908 (post office)
Population (2020): 223
Population (historic): 405 (1920); 292 (1930); 348 (1940)
Periods of population growth: pre-1920; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 46 (37.4%)
_________________________________________________________________________________

View and filter the data. Or see a larger map.