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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
 
Court House:

1000 5th St North
County Courthouse
Carrington, ND 58421-1113

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:
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Cities and Towns:
- Birtsell township  
- Bordulac township  
- Bucephalia township  
- Carrington (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Dover township  
- Eastman township  
- Estabrook township  
- Florance township  
- Glenfield city Incorporated Area
- Grace City city Incorporated Area
- Haven township  
- Larrabee township  
- Longview township  
- McHenry city Incorporated Area
- McKinnon township  
- Melville township  
- Nordmore township  
- Rolling Prairie township  
- Rose Hill township  
- Wyard township
County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

Counties: US Map

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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