Red Lake County, Minnesota
Founding: 1896 Parent county: Polk Namesake: The Red Lake River Seat: Red Lake Falls (1896–) Land area: 432 square miles Population (2020): 3,935 Population (historic): 12,195 (1900); 6,564 (1910); 7,263 (1920); 6,887 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1900; 1910s; 1930s Subdivisions: Four cities; 13 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 516 (26.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.6% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,073 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,095 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.9 rooms Number of farms (1920): 907 Average farm size (1920): 175.9 acres Sources of settlement: Canada, Minnesota, and Norway _________________________________________________________________________________ Red Lake Falls Namesake: Rapids along the Red Lake River...