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

Official Website

The Dakota Territory legislature created the county (as Mountraille County) on January 4, 1873, with area annexed from Buffalo County. It was not organized at that time, nor was it attached to another county for administrative or judicial purposes. The new county lost territory in 1885 when a portion was annexed off to create Garfield County (now extinct). This situation continued until February 21, 1891, when Mountrail County was attached to Ward County, for "judicial and other purposes". The following year (November 8, 1892), the North Dakota legislature voted to dissolve the county and have its territory absorbed by Ward County.

An election held in Ward County on November 3, 1908 authorized the re-creation of Mountrail County, although with different boundaries than the previous county proposal. The countywide vote totals were 4207 to 4024, but the result was contested in court. On January 16, 1909 the state Supreme Court upheld the vote, so the county government was organized on January 29 of that year.

Adjacent Counties

• Burke County
• Ward County
• McLean County
• Dunn County
• McKenzie County
• Williams County

Cities

• New Town
• Palermo
• Parshall
• Plaza
• Ross
• Stanley (County Seat)
• White Earth

For the list of Townships & Communities, please see Wikipedia.

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of North Dakota

Links

National Register of Historic Places

Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge (part)

Shell Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Genealogy Trails

ND Gen Web

RAOGK

Genealogy Village