Counties in North Dakota that I have Visited

There are 53 Counties in North Dakota – “The Peace Garden State”

Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states.

I have visited 6 Counties = 11.3% of Counties in North Dakota

Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.  Map created using Mob Rule.

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Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in North Dakota

Markers designate the North Dakota locations featured in Twelve Mile Circle articles.

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Counties in North Dakota

Below are the 53 counties in North Dakota. Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in Red. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn’t working.

1. Adams: No, It’s Not There
2. Barnes
3. Benson: Disestablished National Parks
4. Billings: No more rest?; Medora; Mustangs; Theodore Roosevelt National Park
5. Bottineau: Practical Exclave
6. Bowman: Hibachi House; Geese
7. Burke: Bowbells; Blank to Blank
8. Burleigh: State Capital on Time Zone Boundary
9. Cass: Largest county population in North Dakota (123,138 people in 2000 Census); Red River of the North; Not the Usual
10. Cavalier: Cavalier
11. Dickey
12. Divide: Good Fortuna; County Divided; Infrequent Crossings
13. Dunn: North Dakota Time Zone Anomaly
14. Eddy: Smallest county in North Dakota (630 square miles).
15. Emmons
16. Foster
17. Golden Valley
18. Grand Forks
19. Grant: Least Visited U.S. Counties
20. Griggs
21. Hettinger: No, It’s Not There
22. Kidder
23. La Moure
24. Logan: Least Visited U.S. Counties
25. McHenry
26. McIntosh
27. McKenzie: Largest county in North Dakota (2,742 square miles); North Dakota Time Zone Anomaly
28. McLean: Largest Artificial Lakes
29. Mercer: Making the Switch
30. Morton: Salem Sue, The World’s Largest Holstein Cow (statue)
31. Mountrail
32. Nelson
33. Oliver
34. Pembina: City of Cavalier; Icelandic Diaspora
35. Pierce
36. Ramsey
37. Ransom
38. Renville
39. Richland: Wahpper, the World’s Largest Catfish (statue)
40. Rolette: Rolla; Did Sir Walter Raleigh Get Drunk in Canada?; Highest Religious Affiliation
41. Sargent
42. Sheridan
43. Sioux: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe; Making the Switch
44. Slope: Smallest county population in North Dakota (767 people in 2000 Census); King of Portmanteau; Amidon.
45. Stark
46. Steele
47. Stutsman
48. Towner
49. Traill
50. Walsh
51. Ward: Remote Chinese Restaurants
52. Wells
53. Williams: Manly Places

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Quick Facts About North Dakota

• Location: West North Central United States. See map above.
• Size⁽¹⁾: 69,001 square miles. North Dakota is the 17th largest state. The next larger state is South Dakota and the next smaller state is Missouri.
• Population⁽²⁾: 760,077 people. North Dakota is the 47th most populous state. The next more populous state is South Dakota and the next less populous state is Alaska.
• Population Density: 11.0 people per square mile. North Dakota is the 47th most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is South Dakota and the next less densely populated state is Montana.
• Bordering States: North Dakota shares a border with 3 states: Montana; South Dakota and Minnesota.
• Admission to the Union: November 2, 1889. North Dakota was the 39th state admitted to the Union, after Colorado and before South Dakota.
• Capital: Bismarck.
• Highest Point: 3,507 feet at White Butte. See SummitPost’s White Butte page.
• Lowest Point: 750 feet at the Red River in Pembina Co.
• Government website: nd.gov: Official Portal for North Dakota State Government.
• Official Tourism website: North Dakota Tourism.
• Still not enough? See Wikipedia’s North Dakota page.

Sources:

(1) Wikipedia: List of U.S. states and territories by area. Land area only.
(2) Wikipedia: List of states and territories of the United States by population. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.