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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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Wells County, North Dakota
Wells County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Fessenden
Year Organized: 1873
Square Miles: 1,271 |
Court House: P.O. Box 37
County Courthouse
Fessenden, ND 58438-0037
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
renamed by the 1881 session for Edward Payson Wells of
Jamestown (1847-1936), a banker and early promoter of the James River Valley as
well as a member of the legislature during 1881.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Created by the 1872-73 territorial
legislature and renamed by the 1881 session for Edward Payson Wells of Jamestown
(1847-1936), a banker and early promoter of the James River Valley as well as a
member of the legislature during 1881. Government organized: August 28, 1884.
County Seat: Sykeston, 1884-1894; Fessenden 1894-present.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Bilodeau |
township |
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- Bowdon |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bremen |
township |
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- Bull Moose |
township |
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- Cathay |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Chaseley |
township |
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- Crystal Lake |
township |
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- Delger |
township |
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- Fairville |
township |
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- Fessenden
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Forward |
township |
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- Fram |
township |
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- Germantown |
township |
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- Haaland |
township |
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- Hamberg |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hamburg |
township |
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- Harvey |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hawksnest |
township |
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- Heimdal |
township |
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- Hillsdale |
township |
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- Hurdsfield |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Johnson |
township |
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- Lynn |
township |
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- Manfred |
township |
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- Norway Lake |
township |
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- Oshkosh |
township |
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- Pony Gulch |
township |
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- Progress |
township |
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- Rusland |
township |
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- Silver Lake |
township |
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- South Cottonwood |
township |
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- Speedwell |
township |
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- St. Anna |
township |
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- Sykeston |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Valhalla |
township |
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- Wells |
township |
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- West Norway |
township |
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- West Ontario |
township |
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- Western |
township |
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- Woodward |
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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