Hettinger County, North Dakota
Founding: 1907 (declared in 1901) Parent county: Stark Namesake: Mathias Hettinger, Illinois banker Seat: Mott (1907–) Land area: 1,132 square miles Population (2020): 2,489 Population (historic): 6,557 (1910); 7,685 (1920); 8,796 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1930 Subdivisions: Three cities; 30 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 373 (25.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 26.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.9% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,360 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,498 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,131 Average farm size (1920): 284.6 acres Sources of settlement: Russia, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Hungary _________________________________________________________________________________ Mott Namesake: Uncertain ...