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