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North Dakota Counties
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North Dakota Counties
There are 53 counties in the state of North Dakota. |
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Foster County, North Dakota
Foster County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Carrington
Year Organized: 1873
Square Miles: 635
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Court House: 1000 5th St North
County Courthouse
Carrington, ND 58421-1113
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for either James S. Foster of Mitchell, SD (1828-1890) or
his brother George I Foster of Fargo, ND (1837-1912).
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Created by the 1872-73 territorial
legislature and named for either James S. Foster of Mitchell, SD (1828-1890) or
his brother George I Foster of Fargo, ND (1837-1912). Both were prominent in
territorial affairs at the time. Government organized: October 11, 1883. County
Seat: Carrington, 1883-present.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Birtsell |
township |
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- Bordulac |
township |
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- Bucephalia |
township |
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- Carrington
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Dover |
township |
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- Eastman |
township |
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- Estabrook |
township |
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- Florance |
township |
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- Glenfield |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Grace City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Haven |
township |
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- Larrabee |
township |
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- Longview |
township |
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- McHenry |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- McKinnon |
township |
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- Melville |
township |
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- Nordmore |
township |
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- Rolling Prairie |
township |
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- Rose Hill |
township |
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- Wyard |
township |
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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