Toole County, Montana
Founding: 1914 Parent counties: Hill and Teton Namesake: Joseph Toole, Montana governor Seat: Shelby (1914–) Land area: 1,916 square miles Population (2020): 4,971 Population (historic): 3,724 (1920); 6,714 (1930); 6,769 (1940) Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1960; 1990–2010 Subdivisions: One city; two towns; four CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 469 (20.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 24.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $666 Average outbuilding value (1930): $713 Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms Number of farms (1920): 933 Average farm size (1920): 164.9 acres Sources of settlement: Montana, Minnesota, Canada, North Dakota, and Norway _________________________________________________________________________________ Shelby Namesake: Peter Shelby, ra...