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Barnes County, North Dakota
Barnes County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Valley City
Year Organized: 1875
Square Miles: 1,492 |
Court House: 230 4th Street, NW
County Courthouse
Valley City, ND 58072-2947
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Created by the 1872-1873 territorial legislature as Burbank
County, being named for John A. Burbank (1827-1905), governor of Dakota
Territory from 1869 to 1873. It was renamed at the 1874-1875 session for Judge
Alanson H. Barnes (1818-1890), associate justice assigned to the northern half
of the territory.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Created by the 1872-1873 territorial
legislature as Burbank County, being named for John A. Burbank (1827-1905),
governor of Dakota Territory from 1869 to 1873. It was renamed at the 1874-1875
session for Judge Alanson H. Barnes (1818-1890), associate justice assigned to
the northern half of the territory. Government organized: January 6, 1879.
County Seat: Valley City, 1879-present.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Alice |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Alta |
township |
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- Anderson |
township |
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- Ashtabula |
township |
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- Binghampton |
township |
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- Brimer |
township |
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- Cuba |
township |
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- Dazey |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Eckelson |
township |
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- Edna |
township |
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- Ellsbury |
township |
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- Fingal |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Frazier |
township |
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- Getchell |
township |
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- Grand Prairie |
township |
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- Green |
township |
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- Greenland |
township |
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- Hastings |
township |
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- Hemen |
township |
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- Hobart |
township |
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- Kathryn |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lake Town |
township |
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- Leal |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Litchville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mansfield |
township |
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- Marsh |
township |
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- Meadow Lake |
township |
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- Minnie Lake |
township |
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- Nelson |
township |
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- Noltimier |
township |
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- Nome |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Oakhill |
township |
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- Oriska |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pierce |
township |
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- Pillsbury |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Potter |
township |
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- Raritan |
township |
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- Rogers |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Rosebud |
township |
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- Sanborn |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sibley |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sibley Trail |
township |
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- Skandia |
township |
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- Spiritwood |
township |
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- Spring Creek |
township |
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- Springvale |
township |
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- Stewart |
township |
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- Svea |
township |
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- Thordenskjold |
township |
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- Uxbridge |
township |
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- Valley |
township |
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- Valley City
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Weimer |
township |
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- Wimbledon |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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