The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1920 Parent counties:  Musselshell and Sweet Grass Namesake:  A descriptive name Seat:  Ryegate (1920–) Land area:  1,175 square miles Population (2020):  827 Population (historic):  2,126 (1930); 1,607 (1940) Periods of population growth:  pre-1930; 1970s; 1990s Subdivisions:  Two towns; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  160 (33.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  35.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  5.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  7.2% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $686 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $680 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.7 rooms Number of farms (1930):  387 _________________________________________________________________________________   Ryegate   Namesake:  A reference to rye fields near the town site Founding:  1908 (platting); 1908 (post office); 1917 (incorporation) Population (2020):  223 Population (historic):...

Founding:  1912 Parent county:  Billings Namesake:  A descriptive name Seat:  Beach (1912–) Land area:  1,001 square miles Population (2020):  1,736 Population (historic):  4,832 (1920); 4,122 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1920 Subdivisions:  Three cities; 10 townships; four territories Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  350 (33.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  40.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  6.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  14.7% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,086 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,291 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5 rooms Number of farms (1920):  777 Average farm size (1920):  305 acres Sources of settlement:  North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Norway, Iowa, and Russia _________________________________________________________________________________ Beach Namesake:  Warren Beach, army survey...