Wheatland County, Montana

Founding: 1917
Parent counties: Meagher and Sweet Grass
Namesake: Wheat farms within the county
Seat: Harlowton (1917–)
Land area: 1,423 square miles
Population (2020): 2,069
Population (historic): 5,619 (1920); 3,751 (1930); 3,286 (1940)
Periods of population growth: pre-1920
Subdivisions: Two cities; five CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 429 (34.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 45.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,018
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,543

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.9 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 688
Average farm size (1920): 298.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, and Canada
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Harlowton

 
Namesake: Richard Harlow, railroad promoter
Founding: 1900 (platting as Merino); 1900 (post office); 1908 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 955
Population (historic): 770 (1910); 1,856 (1920); 1,473 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1900–1920; 1930–1950
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 286 (46.8%)
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