Morton County, North Dakota

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

County Seat: Mandan
Year Organized: 1873
Square Miles: 1,926

Court House:

210 2nd Avenue, NW
County Courthouse
Mandan, ND 58554-3124

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Namedfor Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (1823-1877), governor of Indiana during the Civil War and a U. S. Senator from that state when the county was established.

Demographics:

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County History

Created by the 1872-73 territorial legislature and named for Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (1823-1877), governor of Indiana during the Civil War and a U. S. Senator from that state when the county was established. Government organized: March 23, 1878, but the action of the 1879 legislature in attaching the eastern portion of Morton County to Burleigh effectively nullified this action; re-organized February 18, 1881, after the detached portion had been returned to Morton County by that year's legislature. County Seat: Lincoln, 1878-1879; Mandan, 1881-present.

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Almont	city	Incorporated Area
- Captain's Landing	township
- East Morton	UT
- Flasher	city	Incorporated Area
- Freda	township
- Glen Ullin	city	Incorporated Area
- Hebron	city	Incorporated Area
- Judson	township
- Lark	township
- Mandan (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- New Salem	city	Incorporated Area
- West Morton	UT

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County Resources

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