Garfield County, Montana

Founding: 1919
Parent county: Dawson
Namesake: James Garfield, U.S. president
Seat: Jordan (1919–)
Land area: 4,675 square miles
Population (2020): 1,173
Population (historic): 5,368 (1920); 4,252 (1930); 2,641 (1940)
Periods of population growth: pre-1920
Subdivisions: One town
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 107 (13.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 31%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $388
Average outbuilding value (1930): $375

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,530
Average farm size (1920): 89.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Russia
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Jordan

 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1899 (post office); 1951 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 356
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 58 (26.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Edwards Log House (c. 1900). State Route 200 and Edwards Road.

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