Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Morton County, North Dakota.

Official Website

The county was created on January 8, 1873 by the Dakota Territory legislature, using territory that had not previously been included in any county. It was named for Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (1823-1877), governor of Indiana during the American Civil War and later a United States Senator.

The 1,172-mile long Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) route submitted in its final permit applications starting in September 2014 would include a 72-mile portion through Morton County. The county became a focus of DAPL protests in April 2016. In August 2016 the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SRST) filed an injunction against United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to attempt to halt construction.

Adjacent Counties

• Burleigh County
• Emmons County
• Sioux County
• Oliver County
• Mercer County
• Stark County
• Grant County

Cities, Townships, Communities

• Almont
• Bluegrass
• Breien
• Captain's Landing
• Eagle Nest
• Fallon
• Flasher
• Fort Rice
• Glen Ullin
• Harmon
• Hebron
• Huff
• Judson
• Mandan (County Seat)
• New Salem
• Rock Haven
• St. Anthony
• Sims
• Solen
• Sweet Briar
• Timmer
• Youngstown

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of North Dakota

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

Lake Patricia National Wildlife Refuge

Genealogy Trails

ND Gen Web

Mandan Historical Society

Genealogy Village

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