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County	Date Formed	Parent County	County Seat	Contact
Adams	1907	Hettinger	Hettinger, 1907
Barnes	1873 as Burbank, named changed to Barnes 1875	Cass	Valley City, 1879	Michelle Savre
Benson	1879	Ramsey	Minnewaukan, 1884	Colleen
Billings	1879	Unorganized territory	Medora, 1886
Bottineau	1873	Unorganized territory	Bottineau, 1884
Bowman	1883	Billings	Bowman, 1907
Burke	1910	Ward	Bowbells, 1910
Burleigh	1873	Buffalo (Discontinued)	Bismarck, 1873	Bob Jenkins
Cass	1873	Original County	Fargo, 1883	Michelle Savre
Cavalier	1873	Pembina	Langdon, 1884	Roger Olson
Dickey	1881	LaMoure, Ransom, unorganized territory	Ellendale, 1882	Mary Ann and Lane
Divide	1910	Williams	Crosby, 1910	Norma Haas
Dunn	1883 annexed to Stark in 1897 reformed in 1908	1883 - Howard (Discontinued) 1908 - Stark, Mercer	Manning, 1908
Eddy	1885	Foster	New Rockford, 1885
Emmons	1879	Unorganized territory	Williamsport, 1883-1899 Linton, 1899	Linda Ziemann
Foster	1873	Pembina	Carrington, 1883
Golden Valley	1912	Billings	Beach, 1912	Assistant Coordinator: Tiffanie
Grand Forks	1873	Pembina	Grand Forks, 1875	Bob Jenkins
Grant	1916	Morton	Carson, 1916	Tricia Aanderud
Griggs	1881	Foster, Burbank, Traill	Hope, 1882 Cooperstown, 1882 - present	Sandi Bohle
Hettinger	1883	Stark	Mott, 1881
Kidder	1873	Buffalo (Discontinued)	Steele, 1881 - present
La Moure	1873	Pembina	Grand Rapids, 1881 - 1886 La Moure, 1886 - present
Logan	1873	Buffalo (Discontinued)	Napolean, 1884-1889 King, 1889 Napolean, 1899 - present
McHenry	1873	Buffalo (Discontinued)	Towner 1886
McIntosh	1883	Logan	Hoskins, 1884-1888 Ashley	Joy Fisher
McKenzie	1883 eliminated 1891 present county formed 1905	1883 -Howard (Discontinued) 1905 - Billings, Stark (comprising of Allred, Old McKenzie & Wallace)	Watford City, 1941
McLean	1883	Stevens	Washburn, 1883	Rhonda
Mercer	1875	Original territory	Stanton, 1884	Linda Ziemann
Morton	1873	Original territory	Lincoln, 1878-1879 Mandan, 1881	Linda Ziemann
Mountrail	1873 eliminated 1891 re-established 1909	Ward	Stanley, 1909 - present
Nelson	1883	Foster, Grand Forks	Lakota, 1883	Sandi Bohle
Oliver	1885	Mercer	Sanger (Raymond), 1885 - 1902 Center, 1902 - present	Linda Ziemann
Pembina	1867	Indian Lands (Dakota)	Pembina, 1867-1911 Cavalier, 1911-present	Sunna Furstenau
Pierce	1887		Rugby, 1889
Ramsey	1873	Pembina	Devil's Lake, 1883	Colleen
Ransom	1873	Pembina	Lisbon, 1881	Michelle Savre
Renville	1873 eliminated in 1891 1910	1873 - Buffalo, Dakota Territory 1910 - Ward	Mohall, 1910 - present
Richland	1873	Original county	Wahpeton (Chahinkapa), 1873 - present	Tricia Aanderud
Rolette	1873	Buffalo (Discontinued)	Dunseith, 1884-1885 St. John, 1885-1889 Rolla, 1889 - present	Norma Haas
Sargent	1883	Ransom	Milnor, 1883-1886 Forman, 1886
Sheridan	1908	McLean	McClusky, 1908
Sioux	1914	Standing Rock Reservation	Fort Yates, 1914	Linda Ziemann
Slope	1915	Billings	Amidon, 1915 - present
Stark	1879	Unorganized territory	Dickinson, 1883 - present	Assistant Coordinator: Tiffanie
Steele	1883	Griggs, Traill	Hope, 1883-1885 Sherbrooke, 1885-1919 Finley, 1919 - present	Sandi Bohle
Stutsman	1873	Pembina	Jamestown, 1873	MaryAlice Schwanke
Towner	1883	Rolette, Cavalier	Cando, 1884
Traill	1875	Grand Forks, Burbank, Cass	Caledonia, 1875 - 1891 Hillsboro, 1891 - present	Patrick Kryzsko
Walsh	1881	Grand Forks	Grafton, 1881 - present
Ward	1885	Renville	Burlington, 1885-1888 Minot, 1888 - present
Wells	1873 (as Gingras (Jennegra), named changed to Wells in 1881)	Sheridan	Sykeston, 1884-1894 Fessenden, 1894 - present
Williams	1891	Buford, Flannery	Williston, 1891 - present

See what counties existed in 1888, 1895, and 1910.

Information verified on the DiscoverND -- County History page, from data provided by Holly Timm from Everton's Handy Book, and from the CCs for the counties.