Kidder County, North Dakota

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

County Seat: Steele
Year Organized: 1873
Square Miles: 1,352

Court House:

PO Box 167
County Courthouse
Steele, ND 58482-0167

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Namedfor Jefferson Parrish Kidder (1816-1883), an 1858 settler in what became southeastern Dakota and who served as a delegate to Congress from Dakota, 1875-79, and as an associate justice of the territorial supreme court, 1865-75 and 1879-83.

Demographics:

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County History

Created by the 1872-73 territorial legislature and named for Jefferson Parrish Kidder (1816-1883), an 1858 settler in what became southeastern Dakota and who served as a delegate to Congress from Dakota, 1875-79, and as an associate justice of the territorial supreme court, 1865-75 and 1879-83. Government organized: March 22, 1881. County Seat: Steele, 1881-present.

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Allen	township
- Atwood	township
- Buckeye	township
- Bunker	township
- Chestina	township
- Clear Lake	township
- Crown Hill	township
- Dawson	city	Incorporated Area
- Excelsior	township
- Frettim	township
- Graf	township
- Kickapoo	township
- Lake Williams	township
- Merkel	township
- Northwest	township
- Peace	township
- Petersville	township
- Pettibone	city	Incorporated Area
- Pleasant Hill	township
- Quinby	township
- Rexine	township
- Robinson	city	Incorporated Area
- South Kidder	UT
- Steele (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Stewart	township
- Tanner	township
- Tappen	city	Incorporated Area
- Tuttle	city	Incorporated Area
- Valley	township
- Vernon	township
- Wallace	township
- Weiser	township
- Westford	township
- Williams	township
- Woodlawn	township

County Resources:

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County Resources

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