County & Local History

The Dakota Territory legislature created Stutsman county on January 4, 1873, from parts of Buffalo and Pembina counties. It was named for Enos Stutsman, an area lawyer and politician. On June 10, 1873 Jamestown was made county seat.

 

Cities

Buchanan
Cleveland
Courtenay
Jamestown (county seat)
Kensal
Medina

Montpelier
Pingree
Spiritwood Lake
Streeter
Woodworth

 

Census Designated Places

Spiritwood Ypsilanti

 

Unorganized territories

Chase Lake Northwest Stutsman

 

Unincorporated communities

Bloom
Clementsville
Durupt
Edmunds
Eldridge
Goldwin
Homer
Johnson

Kloze
Millarton
Parkhurst
Reeves
Sharlow
Sydney
Vashti 
Windsor

 

Townships

Alexander
Ashland
Bloom
Bloomenfield
Buchanan
Chicago
Conklin
Corinne
Corwin
Courtenay
Cusator
Deer Lake
Durham
Edmunds
Eldridge
Flint
Fried
Gerber
Germania
Glacier
Gray
Griffin
Hidden
Homer
Iosco
Jim River Valley
Kensal
Lenton
Lippert
Lowery
Lyon

Manns
Marstonmoor
Midway
Montpelier
Moon Lake
Newbury
Nogosek
Paris
Peterson
Pingree
Pipestem Valley
Plainview
Rose
Round Top
St. Paul
Severn
Sharlow
Sinclair
Spiritwood
Stirton
Streeter
Strong
Sydney
Valley Spring
Wadsworth
Walters
Weld
Windsor
Winfield
Woodbury
Ypsilanti