List of counties in North Dakota

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^Oliver

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The US -American state of North Dakota 's 53 counties divided.

The official abbreviation for North Dakota is ND and the FIPS code is 38 . The FIPS code of each individual county always starts with 38 , followed by the three-digit number given in the table for each county.

The population figures shown in the table are based on the results of the 2010 census .

county	FIPS code	County Seat	founding	Origin of name	Residents 2010	surface	map
Adams	001	Hettinger	1907	John Quincy Adams - Milwaukee Road railroad agent and relative of the US President of the same name	2343	2561 km²
Barnes	003	Valley City	1873	Alanson H. Barnes - Dakota Territory Judge	11,066	3919 km²
Benson	005	Minnewaukan	1883	Bertil W. Benson - Deputy to the Legislative Assembly of the Dakota Territory	6660	3728 km²
Billings	007	Medora	1879	Frederick H. Billings (1823–1890) - President of the Northern Pacific Railway	783	2987 km²
Bottineau	009	Bottineau	1873	Pierre Bottineau (1817–1895) - border guard and pioneer of the area	6429	4,397 km²
Bowman	011	Bowman	1883	Edward M. Bowman - Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Dakota Territory	3151	3022 km²
Burke	013	Bowbells	1910	John Burke (1859-1937) - tenth Governor of North Dakota (1907-1913)	1968	2925 km²
Burleigh	015	Bismarck	1873	Walter A. Burleigh (1820–1896) - Member of the US House of Representatives from 1865 to 1869	81,308	4320 km²
Cass	017	Fargo	1873	George Washington Cass (1810–1888) - President of the Northern Pacific Railway	149,778	4579 km²
Cavalier	019	Langdon	1873	Charles Cavalier - French fur hunter and one of the first white settlers in the area	3993	3911 km²
Dickey	021	Ellendale	1881	George H. Dickey (1858–1923) - Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Dakota Territory	5289	2957 km²
Divide	023	Crosby	1910	Named after the state of the division of Williams County	2071	3352 km²
Thin	025	Manning	1883	John P. Dunn - businessman from Bismarck	3536	5393 km²
Eddy	027	New Rockford	1885	Ezra B. Eddy - Fargo banker	2385	1889 km²
Emmons	029	Linton	1879	James Emmons - entrepreneur who operated the first steamship on the Missouri in Bismarck	3550	4027 km²
Foster	031	Carrington	1873	The brothers James S. and George I. Foster - prominent citizens of the Dakota Territory at the time	3343	1675 km²
Golden Valley	033	Beach	1912	Golden Valley Land and Cattle Company	1680	2596 km²
Grand Forks	035	Grand Forks	1873	The city of Grand Forks , opposite the mouth of the Red Lake River in the Red River of the North is	66,861	3729 km²
Grant	037	Carson	1916	Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) - Commander in Chief of Union Forces in the Civil War and 18th US President from 1869 to 1877	2394	4315 km²
Griggs	039	Cooperstown	1881	Alexander Griggs (1838–1903) - captain of a steamship and founder of the city of Grand Forks	2420	2957 km²
Hettinger	041	Mott	1883	Mathias K. Hettinger (1810–1890) - father-in-law of MP Erastus A. Williams	2477	2936 km²
Kidder	043	Steele	1873	Jefferson P. Kidder (1815–1883) - 17th Vice-Governor of Vermont and from 1875–1879 a non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives	2435	3712 km²
LaMoure	045	LaMoure	1873	Judson LaMoure (1839-1918) - Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Dakota Territory and House of Representatives from North Dakota	4139	2981 km²
Logan	047	Napoleon	1873	John A. Logan (1826–1886) - General of the Union Forces in the Civil War and US Senator from Illinois from 1871 to 1877	1990	2619 km²
McHenry	049	Towner	1873	James McHenry - one of the earliest white settlers in the area	5395	4951 km²
McIntosh	051	Ashley	1883	Edward H. McIntosh - Member of the Dakota Territory Legislative Assembly	2809	2577 km²
McKenzie	053	Watford City	1905	Alexander McKenzie (1851-1922) - North Dakota politician	6360	7410 km²
McLean	055	Washburn	1883	John A. McLean - First Mayor of Bismarck	8962	6030 km²
Mercer	057	Stanton	1875	William Henry Harrison Mercer - former white settler of the area	8424	2881 km²
Morton	059	Mandan	1873	Oliver P. Morton (1823–1877) - 14th Governor of Indiana (1861–1867)	27,471	5038 km²
Mountrail	061	Stanley	1873	Joseph Mountraille - native of Canada, early explorer of the region	7673	5027 km²
Nelson	063	Lakota	1883	Nelson E. Nelson - Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Dakota Territory	3126	2613 km²
Oliver	065	center	1885	Harry S. Oliver - Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Dakota Territory	1846	1894 km²
Pembina	067	Cavalier	1867	anepeminan sipi - word from the Ojibwa language for cranberries	7413	2905 km²
Pierce	069	rugby	1887	Gilbert A. Pierce (1839-1901) - Governor of the Dakota Territory (1884-1887) and later US Senator (1889-1889)	4357	2803 km²
Ramsey	071	Devils Lake	1873	Alexander Ramsey (1815–1903) - Governor of Minnesota (1860–1863), US Senator (1863–1875) and Secretary of War (1879–1881)	11,451	3369 km²
Ransom	073	Lisbon	1873	Fort ransomware	5457	2238 km²
Renville	075	Mohall	1873	Joseph Renville (1779–1846) - Dakota language interpreter and translator	2470	2310 km²
Richland	077	Wahpeton	1873	Morgan T. Rich - former settler of the area	16,321	3744 km²
Rolette	079	Rolla	1873	Joseph Rolette, Jr. (1820–1871) - trapper and local politician	13,937	2433 km²
Sargent	081	Forman	1883	Homer E. Sargent - Northern Pacific Railroad Manager	3829	2246 km²
Sheridan	083	McClusky	1873	Philip Sheridan (1831–1888) - General of the Union Forces in the Civil War and in later Indian Wars	1321	2605 km²
Sioux	085	Fort Yates	1915	Indian tribe of the Sioux	4153	2922 km²
Slope	087	Amidone	1915	Missouri Slope - an area west of the Missouri	727	3158 km²
Strong	089	Dickinson	1879	George Stark - Vice President of the Northern Pacific Railway	24.199	3472 km²
Steele	091	Finley	1883	Edward H. Steele - Finance Manager, Red River Land Company	1975	1853 km²
Stutsman	093	Jamestown	1873	Enos Stutsman - MP for the Legislative Assembly of the Dakota Territory	21,100	5952 km²
Towner	095	Cando	1883	Oscar M. Towner - Deputy to the Legislative Assembly of the Dakota Territory	2246	2544 km²
Trail	097	Hillsboro	1875	Walter John Strickland Traill - former settlers of the area	8121	2235 km²
Walsh	099	Grafton	1881	George H. Walsh (1868–1913) - local settler and later editor of a newspaper in Grand Forks	11,119	3352 km²
Ward	101	Minot	1885	Mark Ward (1844–1902) - Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Dakota Territory	61,675	5326 km²
Wells	103	Fessenden	1873	Edward Payson Wells - Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Dakota Territory	4207	3343 km²
Williams	105	Williston	1890	Erastus Appelman Williams - Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Dakota Territory	22,398	5563 km²

Population map

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau - State & County QuickFacts ( Memento of the original dated June 15, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Area information in square miles - converted to square kilometers - Retrieved July 17, 2013 
2. ↑ ^{a b} NorthDakota.gov - County History ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 17, 2013