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COUNTY FORMATION

Nelson County was created 02 Mar 1883. It was named in honor of Nelson E. Nelson, a North Dakota legislator.

"The name Nelson County was given by the Honorable Judson LaMorre, after his father-in-law, Honorable N. E. Nelson, customs agent at Pembina for many y ears and also a member of the ND Legislature. He entered the first homestead of record in North Dakota. Territorial Governor Ordway appointed David S. Dodds, Francis I. Kane and George Martin as County Commissioners." Nelson County History, 1985

The County seat is Lakota.