Slope County, North Dakota

Founding: January 14, 1915
Parent county: Billings

Namesake: The Missouri Slope
Seat: Amidon (1915–)

Land area: 1,215 square miles

Population (2010): 727

Population (historic): 4,940 (1920); 2,315 (1950)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920

Subdivisions: Two cities

National Register listings: Three

Income (per capita): $24,824

Income (median household): $43,625
Business establishments: 20 (36.4 people per business)
Pre-1939 residences (estimated): 173 (39.1%)
Vacant houses: 125 (28.2%)
Sources of settlement: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota, and Norway

Amidon

Namesake: Charles Amidon, federal judge

Founding: 1910 (platting); 1911 (post office)

Population (2010): 20

Population (historic): 145 (1920); 82 (1950)

Periods of population growth: 1910s
Typology: Grid

First Courthouse

Photo by L. Martin Perry, 1984, from the State Historical Society of North Dakota collection.

Location: Court Street (Amidon)

Construction: 1915

Years of service: 1915–1918

Typology: Front-gabled; balloon-frame; one-story

Style: None

Builder: Unknown

Cost: Unknown

Status: Extant (used as a community center)

Features of note: Three-bay facade; tower entrance.

Second Courthouse

Photo by Andrew Filer.

Location: 204 Main Street (Amidon)

Construction: 1918

Years of service: 1918–2014

Typology: Irregular; balloon-frame; two-story

Style: None

Builders: G.A. Lium and C.J. Dybvik

Cost: Unknown

Status: Razed

Features of note: None. Severely altered.

Third Courthouse

Location: 204 Main Street (Amidon)

Construction: 2014

Years of service: 2014–

Typology: Irregular; brick and stucco; one-story

Style: None

Architect: Al Fitterer

Cost: Unknown

Status: Extant; functional

Features of note: None.


Sources: Wikipedia; Courthouse History; United States Census Bureau; National Register database.