Established in 1873
Richland County sits in the southeastern corner of North Dakota that borders western boundary Minnesota (across the Red River) and the northern boundary South Dakota.
On January 4, 1873, the Dakota Territory legislature partitioned Pembina County to from Richland County. […]
A listing of cemeteries in Richland County along with the index of interments. […]
Review the vital records available for our Richland County ancestors. […]
Richland County residents from yesteryear: known and unknown. […]
Local Area
Wahpeton is the Richland county seat. This city is situated on the Bois de Sioux River at its confluence with the Otter Tail River, which forms the Red River of the North. Settled in 1864 by Morgan T. Rich and initially named Richland, it was the second permanent settlement in North Dakota.
Other townships formed as the territory grew.
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