McCone County, Montana

Founding: 1919
Parent counties: Dawson and Richland
Namesake: George McCone, Montana senator
Seat: Circle (1919–)
Land area: 2,643 square miles
Population (2020): 1,729
Population (historic): 4,747 (1920); 4,790 (1930); 3,744 (1940)
Periods of population growth: pre-1920
Subdivisions: One town; three CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 263 (23.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $619
Average outbuilding value (1930): $573

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.5 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,284
Average farm size (1920): 178.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Illinois, Norway, and South Dakota
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Circle

 
Namesake: The nearby Circle Ranch
Founding: 1902 (post office); 1914 (platting); 1929 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 591
Population (historic): 519 (1930); 685 (1940); 1,117 (1960)
Periods of population growth: pre-1930–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 43 (13.8%)
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