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Cimarron County, Oklahoma

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Founding:  1907 Parent county:  Beaver Namesake:  The Cimarron River Seat:  Kenton (1907–1908); Boise City (1908–) Land area:  1,835 square miles Population (2020):  2,296 Population (historic):  4,553 (1910); 3,436 (1920); 5,408 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1910; 1920s; 1940s Subdivisions:  One city; one town; two CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  318 (20.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  30.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  9.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  5.6% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $755 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $632 Average farmhouse size (1940):  3.9 rooms Number of farms (1920):  767 Average farm size (1920):  126.7 acres _________________________________________________________________________________   Boise City   Namesake:  Uncertain—perhaps Boise, Idaho Founding:  1908 (platting); 1908 (post office); 1925 (incorpo...