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Williams County, North Dakota

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

County Seat: Williston
Year Organized: 1890
Square Miles: 2,071
Court House:

P.O. Box 2047
County Courthouse
Williston, ND 58802-2047

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Erastus Appelman Williams of Bismarck (1850-1930), an outstanding figure in the political history of Dakota Territory and North Dakota who served during ten legislative sessions, including one at which Williams County was originally created.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Created by the 1872-73 territorial legislature but located south of the Missouri River in the vicinity of present-day Dunn and Mercer counties. It was established in its present location by the 1891 state legislature. Named for Erastus Appelman Williams of Bismarck (1850-1930), an outstanding figure in the political history of Dakota Territory and North Dakota who served during ten legislative sessions, including one at which Williams County was originally created. Government organized: December 8, 1891. County Seat: Williston, 1891-present.

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Alamo city Incorporated Area
- Athens township
- Barr Butte township
- Big Meadow township
- Big Stone township
- Blacktail township
- Blue Ridge township
- Bonetraill township
- Brooklyn township
- Buford township
- Bull Butte township
- Champion township
- Climax township
- Cow Creek UT
- Dry Fork township
- Dublin township
- East Fork township
- Ellisville township
- Epping city Incorporated Area
- Equality township
- Farmvale township
- Good Luck township
- Grenora city Incorporated Area
- Hamlet township
- Hardscrabble township
- Hazel township
- Hofflund township
- Lindahl township
- Missouri Ridge township
- Mont township
- Nesson Valley UT
- New Home township
- Oliver township
- Orthell township
- Pherrin UT
- Pleasant Valley township
- Rainbow township
- Ray city Incorporated Area
- Rock Island township
- Round Prairie township
- Sauk Valley township
- Scorio township
- South Meadow township
- Southeast Williams UT
- Springbrook city Incorporated Area
- Stony Creek township
- Strandahl township
- Tioga city Incorporated Area
- Trenton township
- Truax township
- Twelve Mile township
- Tyrone township
- View township
- West Bank township
- Westby township
- Wheelock township
- Wildrose city Incorporated Area
- Williston (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Winner township

County Resources:

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County Resources
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this 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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