NDGenWeb Sioux County, North Dakota

Sioux County was created on 3 September 1914 from Unorganized Territory left from the old Dakota Territory by proclamation of the governor and became fully organized on 12 September 1914 when it was given a full set of officials by appointment of the then Governor, Louis B. Hanna, with Fort Yates designated as the county seat. The entire county is a portion of the Standing Rock Reservation. It was named after the Native American Lakota, whose historic territory included this area and much more. It is located along the southern border of North Dakota with an eastern border as the Missouri River. The county is 30% of the northernmost portion of the Standing Rock Reservation; the balance of the reservation being in South Dakota. Census: 2010 - 4,153, 2018 - 4358, 2019 - 4230.

SIOUX COUNTY
Fort Yates	Standing Rock Reservation History
Voices From the Western Frontier	Book - South of Cannonball - Sioux County History
Map of Standing Rock Reservation, 1938	National Register Of Historical Places
History Photos	Selfridge
Th Blazers O Th Fort Yates Trail Poem About Area Pioneers	Digital Horizons Lots of Sioux County pictures.
Myths and Legends of the Sioux - by Marie L. McLaughlin	Standing Rock Language and Culture Institute

NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota State Historical Society	North Dakota County Formation History
Prairie Paupers: North Dakota Poor Farms, 1879-1973	Pictures Of Penny Postcards
The Record. Historical magazine was published at Fargo, N.D. from 1895 to 1905. Focus on north Dakota historical and biographical articles. Index only. Order through NDSU.	Survivors of Whitestone Hill
1917 North Dakota, History and People Outlines of American History, Vol. 1 Volumes 2 and 3 are North Dakota Biographies	Ghosts of North Dakota
SIOUX COUNTY BACKGROUND Sioux County was created on 3 September 1914 from Unorganized Territory left from the old Dakota Territory by proclamation of the governor and became fully organized on 12 September 1914 when it was given a full set of officials by appointment of the then Governor, Louis B. Hanna, with Fort Yates designated as the county seat. The entire county is a portion of the Standing Rock Reservation. It was named after the Native American Lakota, whose historic territory included this area and much more. It is located along the southern border of North Dakota with an eastern border as the Missouri River. The county is 30% of the northernmost portion of the Standing Rock Reservation; the balance of the reservation being in South Dakota. Census: 2010 - 4,153, 2018 - 4358, 2019 - 4230.