Carter County, Montana

Founding: 1917
Parent county: Fallon
Namesake: Thomas Carter, Montana politician
Seat: Ekalaka (1917–)
Land area: 3,341 square miles
Population (2020): 1,415
Population (historic): 3,972 (1920); 4,136 (1930); 3,280 (1940)
Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1930; 2010s
Subdivisions: One town; one CDP
National Register listings: Two
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 124 (15.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $593
Average outbuilding value (1930): $610

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.6 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 855
Average farm size (1920): 98 acres
Sources of settlement: South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri
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Ekalaka

 
Namesake: Ijkalaka, wife of David Russell, founder of the town
Founding: 1885 (founding); 1885 (post office)
Population (2020): 399
Population (historic): 433 (1920); 475 (1930); 719 (1940)
Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1950; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 63 (20.4%)
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