Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Nelson County, North Dakota.
Official Website
The Dakota Territory legislature created Nelson County on March 2, 1883. It was named in honor of Dakota territorial legislator Nelson E. Nelson.
Adjacent Counties
Cities
- Aneta
- Lakota (County Seat)
- McVille
- Michigan City
- Pekin
- Petersburg
- Tolna
Other Townships & Communities: Adler, Bergen, Central, Clara, Dahlen, Dayton, Dodds, Enterprise, Field, Forde, Hamlin, Illinois, Kloten, Lee, Leval, Mapes, Melvin, Michigan, Nash, Nesheim, Ora, Osago, Pelto, Rubin, Rugh, Sarnia, Wamduska, Whitman and Williams
Cemeteries
Links
Johnson Lake National Wildlife Refuge (part)
Lambs Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Rose Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Stump Lake National Wildlife Refuge
ND Oral History of Nelson County
Nelson County History: Volume 1 - 1985