Ransom County, North Dakota
Founding: 1881 (declared in 1873) Parent county: Pembina Namesake: Fort Ransom Seat: Lisbon (1881–) Land area: 862 square miles Population (2020): 5,703 Population (historic): 5,393 (1890); 10,345 (1910); 10,983 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1880–1920; 2010s Subdivisions: Five cities; two CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 852 (33.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 44.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.1% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,572 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,716 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.9 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,343 Average farm size (1920): 301.8 acres Sources of settlement: Norway, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Germany _________________________________________________________________________________ Lisbon Namesake: Lisbon, New York Founding: 1880 (pla...