A Brief County History

Stutsman County was organized in 1873 from a part of Pembina County. The county seat continues to be Jamestown, its principal city of about 16,000 population. The county was named for and by Enos Stutsman, a physically handicapped scrapper, lawyer and politician from the early days of Dakota Territory. Stutsman, a resident of Pembina, never resided in the county of his name. The first courthouse was built in 1879. The 1883 building, while no longer used for county business is the oldest couthouse in the state. Settlement of the county followed the 1872 arrival of the transcontinental Northern Pacific Railroad.

 

More information can be found on the County & Local History page and the On~Site Records page.

 

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Stutsman County coordinator

My name is MaryAlice Schwanke, I do not live in North Dakota, but I am connected to a family that lived in Jamestown.  All information I have for this county is online, please use the search tool to see if there is information on this site for your ancestor.  If you had ancestors that lived in the county and would like to share information about them on this website, send an email describing what you have to  greatupnorth@gmail.com.

 

If you would like to volunteer to help grow this website or help other researchers, consider these opportunities and if interested contact the coordinator:

  • LOOK-UP VOLUNTEER - If you have materials relating to Stutsman County people, consider looking to see if another researchers ancestor is mentioned and share the information with them.

  • TRANSCRIBER - Consider transcribing (typing verbatim) books, cemetery records, obituaries, etc.

  • SURVEY A CEMETERY - If you live in the county consider transcribing the inscriptions of headstones & monuments within a cemetery.

  • TAKE PHOTOS - If you live in the county and have a digital camera, consider taking photos of landmarks, memorials & gravestones.

 

what's new ?

Oct 2024: The site has moved to the NDGenWeb server, please update your bookmarks; Links to adjacent counties has been updated; The FreeFind search tool has been updated;

Updated links to counties.

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Added images to the Photos & Memorabilia page.

Added Stutsman County map showing townships