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North Dakota Counties
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North Dakota Counties
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McKenzie County, North Dakota
McKenzie County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Watford City
Year Organized: 1905
Square Miles: 2,742 |
Court House: 201 5th Street NW
County Courthouse
Watford City, ND 58854-0000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for Alexander McKenzie of Bismarck (1851-1922), credited
with helping to engineer the removal of the capitol of Dakota Territory from
Yankton to Bismarck that year and who later became one the North Dakota's most
powerful political leaders.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Original McKenzie County was created
by the 1883 territorial legislature but eliminated in 1891 due to lack of
settlement. Named for Alexander McKenzie of Bismarck (1851-1922), credited with
helping to engineer the removal of the capitol of Dakota Territory from Yankton
to Bismarck that year and who later became one the North Dakota's most powerful
political leaders. The present county was created by the 1905 state legislature.
Government organized: April 20, 1905. County Seat: Alexander, 1905-1907;
Schafer, 1907-1941; Watford City, 1941-present.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Alex |
township |
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- Alexander |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Antelope Creek |
township |
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- Arnegard |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Blue Butte |
township |
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- Central McKenzie |
UT |
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- Charbon |
township |
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- East McKenzie |
UT |
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- Elm Tree |
township |
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- Fort Berthold |
UT |
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- Grail |
township |
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- Hawkeye |
township |
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- Keene |
township |
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- North McKenzie |
UT |
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- Randolph |
township |
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- Riverview |
township |
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- Sioux |
township |
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- Southeast McKenzie |
UT |
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- Southwest McKenzie |
UT |
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- Tri |
township |
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- Twin Valley |
township |
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- Watford City
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Yellowstone |
township |
County Resources:
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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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