Bowman County, North Dakota
Founding: 1907 (declared in 1901) Parent county: Billings Namesake: Edward Bowman, South Dakota politician Seat: Bowman (1907–) Land area: 1,162 square miles Population (2020): 2,993 Population (historic): 4,668 (1910); 4,768 (1920); 5,119 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1910; 1920s Subdivisions: Four cities; 24 townships; two territories Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 338 (19.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.4% Average farmhouse value (1930): $923 Average outbuilding value (1930): $997 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 788 Average farm size (1920): 222.7 acres Sources of settlement: Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Norway _________________________________________________________________________________ Bowman Namesake: ...