Clearwater County, Minnesota
Founding: 1902 Parent county: Beltrami Namesake: The Clearwater River or Clearwater Lake Seat: Bagley (1902–) Land area: 999 square miles Population (2020): 8,524 Population (historic): 6,870 (1910); 8,569 (1920); 9,546 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1940 Subdivisions: Five cities; five CDPs; 23 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 733 (15.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 29.1% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $850 Average outbuilding value (1930): $762 Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,253 Average farm size (1920): 52.4 acres Sources of settlement: Norway, Sweden, Minnesota, and Wisconsin _________________________________________________________________________________ Bagley Namesake: Sumner Bagley, Minnesota lumberm...