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A History of Emmons County - 1976 Emmons County at the North Dakota Industrial Exposition Published in 1911 by the Emmons County Industrial Association Contains County Historial Data as well as populations Braddock, Hague, Hazelton, Kintyre, Linton, Strasburg, and Temvik. The above books can be searched by most PDF viewers and some internet browsers. Can be downloaded to desktop through internet browser. They were originally acquired through Digital Horizons; see link below. |
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Emmons County Formation History Includes Two Different Sources 1. Link to Maps, Dates, Descriptions 2. Date Changes With Applicable Laws |
Town Histories, Landowners, Maps, Townships |
| National Register Of Historical Places | History Stories - Narrations |
| Photographs | Pictures Of Penny Postcards |
| County Postmasters |
Digital Horizons Thousands of images, documents, video, and oral histories depicting life on the Northern Plains from the late 1800s. Lots of Emmons County pictures. |
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| North Dakota County Formation History |
1917 North Dakota, History and People Outlines of American History, Vol. 1 Volumes 2 and 3 are North Dakota Biographies |
| North Dakota State Historical Society | 1879-1973 Prairie Paupers: North Dakota Poor Farms |
| North Dakota Fun Facts |
North Dakota Death Trip Tales of the Tragic, Harsh, Strange, and Amazing Lives of Those Brave Enough to Claim the Northern Plains as Home |
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| Emmons County Namesake |
County Population (2020): 3,301 - County Seat: Linton Since 1899 2019 Demographics from the U.S. Census Bureau |
 Emmons County was named for James A. Emmons by territorial legislator Erastus A. Williams.
It was established 10 February 1879 by the North Dakota legislature from portions of Burleigh County, unorganized non-county territory, and Campbell County. South Dakota.
The board to organize it consisted of James B. Gayton, William L. Yeater, and Robert S. Whitney.
The board established the organization as official on 9 November 1883, named Williamsport as the county seat and appointed the first County Board of Commissioners; Auditor Daniel Williams; Treasurer Joseph Norman Roop; Assessor Joseph Tape; Sherrif William V. Wade; Judge of Probate Court George Dougherty; Justices of the Peace; John Kurtz, Andrew M. Weller, E. J. McMesser, and L. A. Couch; Constables Peter Shier, Wesley Baker, Ed Campbell, F. D. Walker;
Superintendent of Public Schools John H. Worst; County Surveyor D. R. Rupert; and Coroner Henry Hodgkinson.
In 1898 Linton was chosen by voters as county seat, beginning in 1899, as more central to the population as a result of settlers moving into the southern part of the county.
The county is 1,555 square miles (of which 45 square miles is water) and a peak population of 12,467 was reached in 1930. The 2000 population was 4,331.
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