List of counties in North Dakota

Table columns:
County
FIPS code[2]
County seat[3]
Established[3]
Etymology[4]
Population[3][5]
Area[3][5]
Map

Table rows:
cells: Adams County
1
Hettinger
1885
John Quincy Adams, a railroad agent and cousin of the former president who was instrumental in having the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway built through North Dakota
2,343
988 sq mi(2,559 km2)
cells: Barnes County
3
Valley City
1875
Dakota Territory judge Alanson H. Barnes
11,066
1,492 sq mi(3,864 km2)
cells: Benson County
5
Minnewaukan
1883
Dakota territorial legislator Bertil W. Benson
6,660
1,389 sq mi(3,597 km2)
cells: Billings County
7
Medora
1879
Frederick H. Billings (1823–1890), who was president of the Northern Pacific Railroad
783
1,152 sq mi(2,984 km2)
cells: Bottineau County
9
Bottineau
1873
Named for frontiersman Pierre Bottineau
6,429
1,669 sq mi(4,323 km2)
cells: Bowman County
11
Bowman
1883
Dakota territorial legislator Edward M. Bowman
3,151
1,162 sq mi(3,010 km2)
cells: Burke County
13
Bowbells
1910
John Burke, tenth Governor of North Dakota
1,968
1,104 sq mi(2,859 km2)
cells: Burleigh County
15
Bismarck
1873
Walter A. Burleigh (1820–1896), territorial delegate to Congress
81,308
1,633 sq mi(4,229 km2)
cells: Cass County
17
Fargo
1873
George Washington Cass (1810–1888), who was the president of the Northern Pacific Railroad
149,778
1,766 sq mi(4,574 km2)
cells: Cavalier County
19
Langdon
1873
Charles Cavalier, French fur trapper and one of the area's original settlers
3,993
1,489 sq mi(3,856 km2)
cells: Dickey County
21
Ellendale
1881
Dakota territorial legislator George H. Dickey
5,289
1,131 sq mi(2,929 km2)
cells: Divide County
23
Crosby
1910
Named because it was created upon the division of Williams County
2,071
1,259 sq mi(3,261 km2)
cells: Dunn County
25
Manning
1883
John P. Dunn, an early civic leader of Bismarck, who opened the first drugstore in North Dakota
3,536
2,010 sq mi(5,206 km2)
cells: Eddy County
27
New Rockford
1885
Ezra B. Eddy, a Fargo banker and one of the territory's wealthiest citizens
2,385
632 sq mi(1,637 km2)
cells: Emmons County
29
Linton
1879
James Emmons, an early entrepreneur and businessman who operated the first steamboat across the Missouri River in Bismarck
3,550
1,510 sq mi(3,911 km2)
cells: Foster County
31
Carrington
1873
Either James S. Foster and George I. Foster, brother, and prominent farmers during the territorial days
3,343
635 sq mi(1,645 km2)
cells: Golden Valley County
33
Beach
1912
Named for either promotional reasons or for the Golden Valley Land and Cattle Company
1,680
1,002 sq mi(2,595 km2)
cells: Grand Forks County
35
Grand Forks
1873
Named for Grand Forks, North Dakota, which in turn was named for its location at the intersection of the Red Lake River and the Red River of the North
66,861
1,438 sq mi(3,724 km2)
cells: Grant County
37
Carson
1916
Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), eighteenth U.S. President
2,394
1,660 sq mi(4,299 km2)
cells: Griggs County
39
Cooperstown
1881
Alexander Griggs, a steamboat captain and founder of Grand Forks, North Dakota
2,420
708 sq mi(1,834 km2)
cells: Hettinger County
41
Mott
1883
Mathias K. Hettinger, the father-in-law of Erastus A. Williams, the North Dakota Speaker of the House during that session
2,477
1,132 sq mi(2,932 km2)
cells: Kidder County
43
Steele
1873
Jefferson Parrish Kidder, territorial delegate to the 44th Congress and 45th Congresses
2,435
1,352 sq mi(3,502 km2)
cells: LaMoure County
45
LaMoure
1873
Dakota territorial legislator and North Dakota state legislator Judson LaMoure
4,139
1,147 sq mi(2,971 km2)
cells: Logan County
47
Napoleon
1873
Illinois U.S. Senator John A. Logan (1826–1886)
1,990
993 sq mi(2,572 km2)
cells: McHenry County
49
Towner
1873
James McHenry, one of the area's original settlers
5,395
1,874 sq mi(4,854 km2)
cells: McIntosh County
51
Ashley
1883
Edward H. McIntosh, a member of the Territorial Legislature
2,809
975 sq mi(2,525 km2)
cells: McKenzie County
53
Watford City
1905
Alexander McKenzie, party boss known in the state as "the senator-maker"
6,360
2,742 sq mi(7,102 km2)
cells: McLean County
55
Washburn
1883
John A. McLean, first mayor of Bismarck, North Dakota
8,962
2,110 sq mi(5,465 km2)
cells: Mercer County
57
Stanton
1875
William Henry Harrison Mercer, an early settler
8,424
1,045 sq mi(2,707 km2)
cells: Morton County
59
Mandan
1873
Governor of Indiana Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton
27,471
1,926 sq mi(4,988 km2)
cells: Mountrail County
61
Stanley
1873
Joseph Mountraille, Metis voyageur and early explorer
7,673
1,824 sq mi(4,724 km2)
cells: Nelson County
63
Lakota
1883
Dakota territorial legislator Nelson E. Nelson
3,126
982 sq mi(2,543 km2)
cells: Oliver County
65
Center
1885
Dakota territorial legislator Harry S. Oliver
1,846
724 sq mi(1,875 km2)
cells: Pembina County
67
Cavalier
1867
Named for the high-bush cranberries which grew wild in the area. Pembina may be from an Ojibwa phrase, anepeminan sipi, referring to the berries, as they grew in abundance around the Redberry River; it may also be from an Ojibwa word meaning meeting place. The name originally applied to the old Pembina Territory
7,413
1,119 sq mi(2,898 km2)
cells: Pierce County
69
Rugby
1887
Gilbert Ashville Pierce, a Governor of Dakota Territory and later a U.S. Senator from North Dakota
4,357
1,018 sq mi(2,637 km2)
cells: Ramsey County
71
Devils Lake
1873
Minnesota U.S. Senator Alexander Ramsey
11,451
1,186 sq mi(3,072 km2)
cells: Ransom County
73
Lisbon
1873
Named for locally situated Fort Ransom
5,457
863 sq mi(2,235 km2)
cells: Renville County
75
Mohall
1873
Joseph Renville, missionary and interpreter for Dakota Native Americans
2,470
875 sq mi(2,266 km2)
cells: Richland County
77
Wahpeton
1873
Morgan T. Rich, early settler
16,321
1,437 sq mi(3,722 km2)
cells: Rolette County
79
Rolla
1873
Joseph Rolette, Jr. (1820–1871), a prominent fur trapper and local political organizer
13,937
902 sq mi(2,336 km2)
cells: Sargent County
81
Forman
1883
Homer E. Sargent, a general manager of the Northern Pacific Railroad
3,829
859 sq mi(2,225 km2)
cells: Sheridan County
83
McClusky
1873
American Civil War officer Philip Henry Sheridan (1831–1888)
1,321
972 sq mi(2,517 km2)
cells: Sioux County
85
Fort Yates
1915
The Native American Sioux people
4,153
1,094 sq mi(2,833 km2)
cells: Slope County
87
Amidon
1915
Topographical feature within the county known as the Missouri Slope
727
1,218 sq mi(3,155 km2)
cells: Stark County
89
Dickinson
1879
George Stark, a vice president of the Northern Pacific Railroad
24,199
1,338 sq mi(3,465 km2)
cells: Steele County
91
Finley
1883
Edward H. Steele, secretary-treasurer of the Red River Land Company
1,975
712 sq mi(1,844 km2)
cells: Stutsman County
93
Jamestown
1873
Dakota Territorial Legislator Enos Stutsman
21,100
2,222 sq mi(5,755 km2)
cells: Towner County
95
Cando
1883
Dakota territorial legislator Oscar M. Towner
2,246
1,025 sq mi(2,655 km2)
cells: Traill County
97
Hillsboro
1875
Walter John Strickland Traill, early settler
8,121
862 sq mi(2,233 km2)
cells: Walsh County
99
Grafton
1881
George H. Walsh, early settler and one of the founders of the University of North Dakota
11,119
1,282 sq mi(3,320 km2)
cells: Ward County
101
Minot
1888
Dakota territorial legislator Mark Ward (1844–1902)
61,675
2,013 sq mi(5,214 km2)
cells: Wells County
103
Fessenden
1873
Dakota territorial legislator Edward Payson Wells
4,207
1,271 sq mi(3,292 km2)
cells: Williams County
105
Williston
1890
Dakota territorial legislator Erastus Appelman Williams
22,398
2,071 sq mi(5,364 km2)

Questions about this table:
originalText: what is the largest county in north dakota
answer: answerTexts: McKenzie County