Deer Lodge County, Montana

Founding: 1865
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: The Deer Lodge Valley
Seat: Silver Bow (1865–1867); Deer Lodge (1867–1896); Anaconda (1896–)
Land area: 737 square miles
Population (2020): 9,421
Population (historic): 4,367 (1870); 15,155 (1890); 12,988 (1910); 16,293 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1900; 1910–1930; 1940–1960; 2010s
Subdivisions: One city
National Register listings: 37
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,795 (34.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 43%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,591
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,707

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 202
Average farm size (1920): 119.9 acres
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Anaconda

 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1883 (platting); 1883 (post office)
Population (2020): 9,421
Population (historic): 3,975 (1890); 10,134 (1910); 12,494 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1883–1930; 1940–1960; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,719 (36.5%)
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