Pondera County, Montana

Founding: 1919
Parent counties: Chouteau and Teton
Namesake: The Pend d'Oreilles tribe
Seat: Conrad (1919–)
Land area: 1,623 square miles
Population (2020): 5,898
Population (historic): 5,741 (1920); 6,964 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1930; 1950s; 1970s
Subdivisions: One city; one town; eight CDPs
National Register listings: Four
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 434 (20.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 29.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $866
Average outbuilding value (1930): $839

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,060
Average farm size (1920): 251.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Washington, and Canada
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Conrad

 
Namesake: William Conrad, Montana businessman
Founding: 1903 (platting); 1903 (post office); 1909 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 2,318
Population (historic): 888 (1910); 988 (1920); 1,499 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1930; 1940–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 312 (24.9%)
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