List
County |
FIPS code |
County seat |
Established |
Etymolgy |
Population |
Area |
Map |
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Adams County | 001 | Hettinger | 1885 | John Quincy Adams, a railroad agent and cousin of the former president who was instrumental in having the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway built through North Dakota | 70032343000000000002,343 | 7002988000000000000988 sq mi (70032559000000000002,559 km2) |
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Barnes County | 003 | Valley City | 1875 | Dakota Territory judge Alanson H. Barnes | 700411066000000000011,066 | 70031492000000000001,492 sq mi (70033864000000000003,864 km2) |
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Benson County | 005 | Minnewaukan | 1883 | Dakota territorial legislator Bertil W. Benson | 70036660000000000006,660 | 70031389000000000001,389 sq mi (70033597000000000003,597 km2) |
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Billings County | 007 | Medora | 1879 | Frederick H. Billings (1823 - 1890), who was president of the Northern Pacific Railroad | 7002783000000000000783 | 70031152000000000001,152 sq mi (70032984000000000002,984 km2) |
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Bottineau County | 009 | Bottineau | 1873 | Named for frontiersman Pierre Bottineau | 70036429000000000006,429 | 70031669000000000001,669 sq mi (70034323000000000004,323 km2) |
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Bowman County | 011 | Bowman | 1883 | Dakota territorial legislator Edward M. Bowman | 70033151000000000003,151 | 70031162000000000001,162 sq mi (70033010000000000003,010 km2) |
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Burke County | 013 | Bowbells | 1910 | John Burke, tenth Governor of North Dakota | 70031968000000000001,968 | 70031104000000000001,104 sq mi (70032859000000000002,859 km2) |
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Burleigh County | 015 | Bismarck | 1873 | Walter A. Burleigh (1820 - 1896), territorial delegate to Congress | 700481308000000000081,308 | 70031633000000000001,633 sq mi (70034229000000000004,229 km2) |
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Cass County | 017 | Fargo | 1873 | George Washington Cass (1810 - 1888), who was the president of the Northern Pacific Railroad | 7005149778000000000149,778 | 70031766000000000001,766 sq mi (70034574000000000004,574 km2) |
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Cavalier County | 019 | Langdon | 1873 | Charles Cavalier, French fur trapper and one of the area's original settlers | 70033993000000000003,993 | 70031489000000000001,489 sq mi (70033856000000000003,856 km2) |
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Dickey County | 021 | Ellendale | 1881 | Dakota territorial legislator George H. Dickey | 70035289000000000005,289 | 70031131000000000001,131 sq mi (70032929000000000002,929 km2) |
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Divide County | 023 | Crosby | 1910 | Named because it was created upon the division of Williams County | 70032071000000000002,071 | 70031259000000000001,259 sq mi (70033261000000000003,261 km2) |
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Dunn County | 025 | Manning | 1883 | John P. Dunn, an early civic leader of Bismarck, who opened the first drugstore in North Dakota | 70033536000000000003,536 | 70032010000000000002,010 sq mi (70035206000000000005,206 km2) |
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Eddy County | 027 | New Rockford | 1885 | Ezra B. Eddy, a Fargo banker and one of the territory's wealthiest citizens | 70032385000000000002,385 | 7002632000000000000632 sq mi (70031637000000000001,637 km2) |
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Emmons County | 029 | Linton | 1879 | James Emmons, an early entrepreneur and businessman who operated the first steamboat across the Missouri River in Bismarck | 70033550000000000003,550 | 70031510000000000001,510 sq mi (70033911000000000003,911 km2) |
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Foster County | 031 | Carrington | 1873 | Either James S. Foster and George I. Foster, brother, and prominent farmers during the territorial days | 70033343000000000003,343 | 7002635000000000000635 sq mi (70031645000000000001,645 km2) |
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Golden Valley County | 033 | Beach | 1912 | Named for either promotional reasons or for the Golden Valley Land and Cattle Company | 70031680000000000001,680 | 70031002000000000001,002 sq mi (70032595000000000002,595 km2) |
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Grand Forks County | 035 | Grand Forks | 1873 | Named for Grand Forks, North Dakota, which in turn was named for its location at the intersection of the Red Lake River and the Red River of the North | 700466861000000000066,861 | 70031438000000000001,438 sq mi (70033724000000000003,724 km2) |
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Grant County | 037 | Carson | 1916 | Ulysses S. Grant (1822 - 1885), eighteenth U.S. President | 70032394000000000002,394 | 70031660000000000001,660 sq mi (70034299000000000004,299 km2) |
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Griggs County | 039 | Cooperstown | 1881 | Alexander Griggs, a steamboat captain and founder of Grand Forks, North Dakota | 70032420000000000002,420 | 7002708000000000000708 sq mi (70031834000000000001,834 km2) |
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Hettinger County | 041 | Mott | 1883 | Mathias K. Hettinger, the father-in-law of Erastus A. Williams, the North Dakota Speaker of the House during that session | 70032477000000000002,477 | 70031132000000000001,132 sq mi (70032932000000000002,932 km2) |
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Kidder County | 043 | Steele | 1873 | Jefferson Parrish Kidder, territorial delegate to the 44th Congress and 45th Congresses | 70032435000000000002,435 | 70031352000000000001,352 sq mi (70033502000000000003,502 km2) |
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LaMoure County | 045 | LaMoure | 1873 | Dakota territorial legislator and North Dakota state legislator Judson LaMoure | 70034139000000000004,139 | 70031147000000000001,147 sq mi (70032971000000000002,971 km2) |
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Logan County | 047 | Napoleon | 1873 | Illinois U.S. Senator John A. Logan (1826 - 1886) | 70031990000000000001,990 | 7002993000000000000993 sq mi (70032572000000000002,572 km2) |
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McHenry County | 049 | Towner | 1873 | James McHenry, one of the area's original settlers | 70035395000000000005,395 | 70031874000000000001,874 sq mi (70034854000000000004,854 km2) |
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McIntosh County | 051 | Ashley | 1883 | Edward H. McIntosh, a member of the Territorial Legislature | 70032809000000000002,809 | 7002975000000000000975 sq mi (70032525000000000002,525 km2) |
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McKenzie County | 053 | Watford City | 1905 | Alexander McKenzie, party boss known in the state as "the senator-maker" | 70036360000000000006,360 | 70032742000000000002,742 sq mi (70037102000000000007,102 km2) |
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McLean County | 055 | Washburn | 1883 | John A. McLean, first mayor of Bismarck, North Dakota | 70038962000000000008,962 | 70032110000000000002,110 sq mi (70035465000000000005,465 km2) |
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Mercer County | 057 | Stanton | 1875 | William Henry Harrison Mercer, an early settler | 70038424000000000008,424 | 70031045000000000001,045 sq mi (70032707000000000002,707 km2) |
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Morton County | 059 | Mandan | 1873 | Governor of Indiana Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton | 700427471000000000027,471 | 70031926000000000001,926 sq mi (70034988000000000004,988 km2) |
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Mountrail County | 061 | Stanley | 1873 | Joseph Mountraille, Metis voyageur and early explorer | 70037673000000000007,673 | 70031824000000000001,824 sq mi (70034724000000000004,724 km2) |
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Nelson County | 063 | Lakota | 1883 | Dakota territorial legislator Nelson E. Nelson | 70033126000000000003,126 | 7002982000000000000982 sq mi (70032543000000000002,543 km2) |
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Oliver County | 065 | Center | 1885 | Dakota territorial legislator Harry S. Oliver | 70031846000000000001,846 | 7002724000000000000724 sq mi (70031875000000000001,875 km2) |
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Pembina County | 067 | Cavalier | 1867 | Named for the high-bush cranberries which grew wild in the area. Pembina may be from an Ojibwa phrase, anepeminan sipi, referring to the berries, as they grew in abundance around the Redberry River; it may also be from an Ojibwa word meaning meeting place. The name originally applied to the old Pembina Territory | 70037413000000000007,413 | 70031119000000000001,119 sq mi (70032898000000000002,898 km2) |
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Pierce County | 069 | Rugby | 1887 | Gilbert Ashville Pierce, a Governor of Dakota Territory and later a U.S. Senator from North Dakota | 70034357000000000004,357 | 70031018000000000001,018 sq mi (70032637000000000002,637 km2) |
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Ramsey County | 071 | Devils Lake | 1873 | Minnesota U.S. Senator Alexander Ramsey | 700411451000000000011,451 | 70031186000000000001,186 sq mi (70033072000000000003,072 km2) |
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Ransom County | 073 | Lisbon | 1873 | Named for locally situated Fort Ransom | 70035457000000000005,457 | 7002863000000000000863 sq mi (70032235000000000002,235 km2) |
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Renville County | 075 | Mohall | 1873 | Joseph Renville, missionary and interpreter for Dakota Native Americans | 70032470000000000002,470 | 7002875000000000000875 sq mi (70032266000000000002,266 km2) |
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Richland County | 077 | Wahpeton | 1873 | Morgan T. Rich, early settler | 700416321000000000016,321 | 70031437000000000001,437 sq mi (70033722000000000003,722 km2) |
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Rolette County | 079 | Rolla | 1873 | Joseph Rolette, Jr. (1820 - 1871), a prominent fur trapper and local political organizer | 700413937000000000013,937 | 7002902000000000000902 sq mi (70032336000000000002,336 km2) |
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Sargent County | 081 | Forman | 1883 | Homer E. Sargent, a general manager of the Northern Pacific Railroad | 70033829000000000003,829 | 7002859000000000000859 sq mi (70032225000000000002,225 km2) |
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Sheridan County | 083 | McClusky | 1873 | American Civil War officer Philip Henry Sheridan (1831 - 1888) | 70031321000000000001,321 | 7002972000000000000972 sq mi (70032517000000000002,517 km2) |
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Sioux County | 085 | Fort Yates | 1915 | The Native American Sioux people | 70034153000000000004,153 | 70031094000000000001,094 sq mi (70032833000000000002,833 km2) |
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Slope County | 087 | Amidon | 1915 | Topographical feature within the county known as the Missouri Slope | 7002727000000000000727 | 70031218000000000001,218 sq mi (70033155000000000003,155 km2) |
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Stark County | 089 | Dickinson | 1879 | George Stark, a vice president of the Northern Pacific Railroad | 700424199000000000024,199 | 70031338000000000001,338 sq mi (70033465000000000003,465 km2) |
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Steele County | 091 | Finley | 1883 | Edward H. Steele, secretary-treasurer of the Red River Land Company | 70031975000000000001,975 | 7002712000000000000712 sq mi (70031844000000000001,844 km2) |
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Stutsman County | 093 | Jamestown | 1873 | Dakota Territorial Legislator Enos Stutsman | 700421100000000000021,100 | 70032222000000000002,222 sq mi (70035755000000000005,755 km2) |
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Towner County | 095 | Cando | 1883 | Dakota territorial legislator Oscar M. Towner | 70032246000000000002,246 | 70031025000000000001,025 sq mi (70032655000000000002,655 km2) |
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Traill County | 097 | Hillsboro | 1875 | Walter John Strickland Traill, early settler | 70038121000000000008,121 | 7002862000000000000862 sq mi (70032233000000000002,233 km2) |
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Walsh County | 099 | Grafton | 1881 | George H. Walsh, early settler and one of the founders of the University of North Dakota | 700411119000000000011,119 | 70031282000000000001,282 sq mi (70033320000000000003,320 km2) |
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Ward County | 101 | Minot | 1888 | Dakota territorial legislator Mark Ward (1844 - 1902) | 700461675000000000061,675 | 70032013000000000002,013 sq mi (70035214000000000005,214 km2) |
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Wells County | 103 | Fessenden | 1873 | Dakota territorial legislator Edward Payson Wells | 70034207000000000004,207 | 70031271000000000001,271 sq mi (70033292000000000003,292 km2) |
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Williams County | 105 | Williston | 1890 | Dakota territorial legislator Erastus Appelman Williams | 700422398000000000022,398 | 70032071000000000002,071 sq mi (70035364000000000005,364 km2) |
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