Mountrail County

administration
The Mountrail County Courthouse in Stanley, listed on the NRHP since 1978
US state :	North Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Stanley
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 69 Stanley, ND 58784-0069
Foundation :	1873
Area code :	001 701
Demographics
Residents :	6513 (2005)
Population density :	1.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	5027 km²
Water surface :	303 km²
map

Mountrail County is a county in the state of North Dakota in the United States . The county seat is Stanley .

geography

The county is located in the central northwest of North Dakota and has an area of 5027 square kilometers, of which 303 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Burke County , Ward County , McLean County , Dunn County , McKenzie County, and Williams County .

history

Mountrail County was formed on January 4, 1873. It was named after Joseph Mountraille , a prominent French-Canadian fur trader and courier at the time who toured the Dakota Territory . On November 30, 1892, the county was dissolved and re-created on January 25, 1909

Three buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 29, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1910	8491	-
1920	12,140	43%
1930	13,544	11.6%
1940	10,482	-22.6%
1950	9418	-10.2%
1960	10,077	7%
1970	8437	-16.3%
1980	7679	-9%
1990	7021	-8.6%
2000	6631	-5.6%
1900-1990 2000

Age pyramid of Mount Rail County

According to the 2000 census , there were 6,631 people in 2,560 households and 1,753 families in Mountrail County. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 65.99 percent white, 0.09 percent African American, 29.98 percent Native American, 0.21 percent Asian, 0.05 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.26 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 3.42 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.31 percent of the population.

Of the 2,560 households, 31.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 51.8 percent were married couples living together, 11.8 percent were single mothers, 31.5 percent were non-families, 28.5 percent were single households and 14.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.09.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 28.1 percent of residents under the age of 18, 6.8 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 23.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 24.2 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 17.7 percent were 65 years of age or over. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 95.1 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 27,098 , and the median income for a family is $ 31,864. Males had a median income of $ 24,750 versus $ 20,844 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,422. 14.0 percent of families and 19.3 percent families lived below the poverty line. Of these, 23.4 percent were children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 18.3 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Attractions

First English Free Lutheran Church (Lostwood)

Web links

Commons : Mountrail County - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 78001992 Retrieved January 21, 2019
↑ GNIS-ID: 1035307. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 217 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 29, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011
↑ Mountrail County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

48.2 -102.37Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ N , 102 ° 22 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 78001992 Retrieved January 21, 2019

[2] GNIS-ID: 1035307. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 217 .

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 29, 2018.

[5] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 21, 2011

[6] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 21, 2011

[7] Mountrail County, North Dakota , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .