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Official Website

The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on January 4, 1873. Its government was not organized at that time, nor was it attached for administrative or judicial purposes to another county. It was named Gingras County; this name continued until February 26, 1881, when the name was changed to Wells County, named for Edward Payson Wells, a Jamestown banker, early promoter of the James River Valley, and member of the legislature in 1881.

For a complete list of other communities, please see Wikipedia.

Adjacent Counties

• Benson County
• Eddy County
• Foster County
• Stutsman County
• Kidder County
• Sheridan County
• Pierce County

Cities

• Bowdon
• Cathay
• Fessenden (County Seat)
• Hamberg
• Harvey
• Herdsfield
• Sykeston

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of North Dakota

Links

Wikipedia

Genealogy Trails

RAOGK

The History of Wells County, North Dakota and Its Pioneers - Walter Earnest Spokesfield (1929)

US Gen Web

Genealogy Village

Trails to the Web

USGW Archives