Sargent County, North Dakota
Founding: 1883 Parent county: Ransom Namesake: H.E. Sargent, railroad official Seat: Milnor (1883–1886); Forman (1886–) Land area: 859 square miles Population (2020): 3,862 Population (historic): 5,076 (1890); 9,202 (1910); 9,298 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1910 Subdivisions: Seven cities; one CDP; 32 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 481 (22.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.7% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,786 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,892 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,321 Average farm size (1920): 326.1 acres Sources of settlement: Minnesota, Norway, Iowa, and Sweden _________________________________________________________________________________ Forman Namesake: Cornelius Forman, platter Founding: ...