Billings County, North Dakota
Founding: 1886 (declared in 1879) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Frederick Billings, Northern Pacific Railway president Seat: Medora (1886–) Land area: 1,149 square miles Population (2020): 945 Population (historic): 1,323 (1880); 975 (1900); 3,126 (1920); 3,140 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1900s Subdivisions: One city; two territories Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 100 (18.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 55.9% Average farmhouse value (1930): $776 Average outbuilding value (1930): $827 Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms Number of farms (1920): 603 Average farm size (1920): 173.4 acres Sources of settlement: North Dakota, Austria, Russia, and Minnesota ________________________________________________________________________...