Pipestone County, Minnesota

Founding: 1879 (declared in 1857)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Quartzite quarries in the area
Seat: Pipestone (1879–)
Land area: 465 square miles
Population (2020): 9,424
Population (historic): 2,092 (1880); 9,264 (1900); 12,238 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1950
Subdivisions: Nine cities; 12 townships
National Register listings: 17
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,258 (28.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 46.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,894
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,730

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,187
Average farm size (1920): 209 acres
Sources of settlement: Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Germany, Illinois, Norway, and New York
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Pipestone

 
Namesake: Quartzite quarries in the area
Founding: 1874 (post office); 1876 (platting); 1881 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 4,215
Population (historic): 222 (1880); 2,536 (1900); 3,489 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1876–1900; 1910–1970; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 459 (22.1%)
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