Grant County, North Dakota

Founding: 1916
Parent county: Morton
Name origin: Ulysses S. Grant, U.S. president
Seat: Carson (1916–)
Land area: 1,659 square miles
Population (2020): 2,301
Population (historic): 9,553 (1920); 10,134 (1930); 8,264 (1940)
Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1930
Subdivisions: Four cities; two CDPs; 11 townships; two territories
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 276 (26%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 26.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,118
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,164

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.6 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,502
Average farm size (1920): 235.7 acres

Sources of settlement: Russia, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois
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Carson

 
Name origin: A reference to Frank Carter and Simon Pederson, local settlers
Founding: 1910 (platting); 1912 (post office); 1917 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 254
Population (historic): 277 (1920); 356 (1930); 473 (1940)
Periods of population growth: 1910–1960; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 70 (29.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. St. Joseph Catholic Church (c. 1915). 6170 52nd Street SW. West Grant UT. Romanesque.

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