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ND 53 Counties	Date Formed	Parent County	County Seat	Contact
Adams	1907	Hettinger	Hettinger, 1907	Timothy Stowell
Barnes	1873 as Burbank, named changed to Barnes 1875	Cass	Valley City, 1879
Benson	1879	Ramsey	Minnewaukan, 1884	Timothy Stowell
Billings	1879	Unorganized territory	Medora, 1886
Bottineau	1873	Unorganized territory	Bottineau, 1884	Rebecca Maloney
Bowman	1883	Billings	Bowman, 1907
Burke	1910	Ward	Bowbells, 1910	Norma Hass
Burleigh	1873	Buffalo (Discontinued)	Bismarck, 1873	Bob Jenkins
Cass	1873	Original County	Fargo, 1883	Timothy Stowell
Cavalier	1873	Pembina	Langdon, 1884	Timothy Stowell
Dickey	1881	LaMoure, Ransom, unorganized territory	Ellendale, 1882
Divide	1910	Williams	Crosby, 1910	Norma Hass
Dunn	1883 annexed to Stark in 1897 reformed in 1908	1883 - Howard (Discontinued) 1908 - Stark, Mercer	Manning, 1908	Timothy Stowell
Eddy	1885	Foster	New Rockford, 1885
Emmons	1879	Unorganized territory	Williamsport, 1883-1899 Linton, 1899	Timothy Stowell
Foster	1873	Pembina	Carrington, 1883	Linda K. Lewis
Golden Valley	1912	Billings	Beach, 1912	Timothy Stowell
Grand Forks	1873	Pembina	Grand Forks, 1875	Bob Jenkins
Grant	1916	Morton	Carson, 1916
Griggs	1881	Foster, Burbank, Traill	Hope, 1882 Cooperstown, 1882 - present	Sandi Bohle
Hettinger	1883	Stark	Mott, 1881	Norma Hass
Kidder	1873	Buffalo (Discontinued)	Steele, 1881 - present	Norma Hass
La Moure	1873	Pembina	Grand Rapids, 1881 - 1886 La Moure, 1886 - present	MaryAlice Schwanke
Logan	1873	Buffalo (Discontinued)	Napolean, 1884-1889 King, 1889 Napolean, 1899 - present	MaryAlice Schwanke
McHenry	1873	Buffalo (Discontinued)	Towner 1886
McIntosh	1883	Logan	Hoskins, 1884-1888 Ashley	Timothy Stowell
McKenzie	1883 eliminated 1891 present county formed 1905	1883 -Howard (Discontinued) 1905 - Billings, Stark (comprising of Allred, Old McKenzie & Wallace)	Watford City, 1941	Norma Hass
McLean	1883	Stevens	Washburn, 1883	Linda Ziemann
Mercer	1875	Original territory	Stanton, 1884	Linda Ziemann
Morton	1873	Original territory	Lincoln, 1878-1879 Mandan, 1881	Linda Ziemann
Mountrail	1873 eliminated 1891 re-established 1909	Ward	Stanley, 1909 - present	Norma Hass
Nelson	1883	Foster, Grand Forks	Lakota, 1883	Sandi Bohle
Oliver	1885	Mercer	Sanger (Raymond), 1885 - 1902 Center, 1902 - present	Linda Ziemann
Pembina	1867	Indian Lands (Dakota)	Pembina, 1867-1911 Cavalier, 1911-present	Linda Ziemann
Pierce	1887		Rugby, 1889	Timothy Stowell
Ramsey	1873	Pembina	Devil's Lake, 1883	Linda Ziemann
Ransom	1873	Pembina	Lisbon, 1881	Timothy Stowell
Renville	1873 eliminated in 1891 1910	1873 - Buffalo, Dakota Territory 1910 - Ward	Mohall, 1910 - present	Norma Hass
Richland	1873	Original county	Wahpeton (Chahinkapa), 1873 - present	Linda K. Lewis
Rolette	1873	Buffalo (Discontinued)	Dunseith, 1884-1885 St. John, 1885-1889 Rolla, 1889 - present	Norma Hass
Sargent	1883	Ransom	Milnor, 1883-1886 Forman, 1886
Sheridan	1908	McLean	McClusky, 1908	Norma Hass
Sioux	1914	Standing Rock Reservation	Fort Yates, 1914	Timothy Stowell
Slope	1915	Billings	Amidon, 1915 - present	Timothy Stowell
Stark	1879	Unorganized territory	Dickinson, 1883 - present	Norma Hass
Steele	1883	Griggs, Traill	Hope, 1883-1885 Sherbrooke, 1885-1919 Finley, 1919 - present	Sandi Bohle
Stutsman	1873	Pembina	Jamestown, 1873	MaryAlice Schwanke
Towner	1883	Rolette, Cavalier	Cando, 1884	Linda Simpson
Traill	1875	Grand Forks, Burbank, Cass	Caledonia, 1875 - 1891 Hillsboro, 1891 - present	Patrick Kryzsko
Walsh	1881	Grand Forks	Grafton, 1881 - present	Rebecca Maloney
Ward	1885	Renville	Burlington, 1885-1888 Minot, 1888 - present	Norma Hass
Wells	1873 (as Gingras (Jennegra), named changed to Wells in 1881)	Sheridan	Sykeston, 1884-1894 Fessenden, 1894 - present	Linda K. Lewis
Williams	1891	Buford, Flannery	Williston, 1891 - present

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