Toole County, Montana

Founding: 1914
Parent counties: Hill and Teton
Namesake: Joseph Toole, Montana governor
Seat: Shelby (1914–)
Land area: 1,916 square miles
Population (2020): 4,971
Population (historic): 3,724 (1920); 6,714 (1930); 6,769 (1940)
Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1960; 1990–2010
Subdivisions: One city; two towns; four CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 469 (20.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 24.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $666
Average outbuilding value (1930): $713

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 933
Average farm size (1920): 164.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Montana, Minnesota, Canada, North Dakota, and Norway
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Shelby

 
Namesake: Peter Shelby, railroad manager
Founding: 1891 (platting); 1892 (post office); 1910 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 3,169
Population (historic): 537 (1920); 2,004 (1930); 2,538 (1940)
Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1960; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 291 (19.2%)
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