The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1860 (declared in 1851) Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  The Sioux people Seat:   Calliope (1860–1872); Orange City (1872–) Land area:  768 square miles Population (2020):  35,872 Population (historic):  576 (1870); 18,3790 (1890); 25,248 (1910); 26,806 (1930) Periods of population growth:  1860–1940; 1960–1980; 1990–2020 Subdivisions:  14 cities; 23 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  3,140 (24.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  53.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  2.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  2.7% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $2,241 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $2,927 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.8 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,801 Average farm size (1920):  158.5 acres Sources of settlement:  Holland, Iowa, Germany, Illinois, Wisconsin, and South Dakota __________________________________________________________________...

Founding:  1914 Parent county:  Standing Rock Reservation Namesake:  The Sioux (or Lakota) people Seat:  Fort Yates (1914–) Land area:  1,094 square miles Population (2020):  3,898 Population (historic):  3,308 (1920); 4,687 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1920–1930 Subdivisions:  Three cities; two CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  118 (8.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  10.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  9.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  23.6% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $656 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $713 Average farmhouse size (1940):  3.6 rooms Number of farms (1920):  472 Average farm size (1920):  262 acres Sources of settlement:  North Dakota, South Dakota, Russia, and Minnesota _________________________________________________________________________________ Fort Yates Namesake:  Fort Yates Founding...