Burke County, North Dakota

Burke County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Bowbells
Year Organized: 1910
Square Miles: 1,104

Court House:

103 Main Street, SE
County Courthouse
Bowbells, ND 58721-0000

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Created by the proclamation of Gov. John Burke, for whom it is named, on July 12, 1910, after a contested election and extensive litigation resulted in its separation from Ward County.

Demographics:

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County History

Created by the proclamation of Gov. John Burke, for whom it is named, on July 12, 1910, after a contested election and extensive litigation resulted in its separation from Ward County. Burke (1859-1937) was a politically successful Democrat in an essential Republican state who served three terms as Governor, 1907-1913, was Treasurer of the United States in the Woodrow Wilson administration and ended his career as justice of the state supreme court, 1924-37. Government organized: July 15, 1910. County Seat: Bowbells, 1910-present.

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Battleview	township
- Bowbells (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Carter	township
- Clayton	township
- Cleary	township
- Columbus	city	Incorporated Area
- Colville	township
- Dale	township
- Dimond	township
- Fay	township
- Flaxton	city	Incorporated Area
- Foothills	township
- Forthun	township
- Garness	township
- Harmonious	township
- Kandiyohi	township
- Keller	township
- Lakeview	township
- Larson	city	Incorporated Area
- Leaf Mountain	township
- Lignite	city	Incorporated Area
- Lucy	township
- Minnesota	township
- North Burke	UT
- North Star	township
- Portal	city	Incorporated Area
- Powers Lake	city	Incorporated Area
- Richland	township
- Roseland	township
- Short Creek	township
- Soo	township
- Thorson	township
- Vale	township
- Vanville	township
- Ward	township

County Resources:

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County Resources

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