
This project is part of the State of North Dakota Portal. About the Project Please use this project to add, research, document, and discuss your ancestors from North Dakota. You can add profiles for: People born in North Dakota People who lived in North Dakota People who died in North Dakota When you find helpful resources for research, please share them here so that others...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Benson County, North Dakota. Official Website Benson County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. Its county seat is Minnewaukan. The county was created on March 9, 1883 by the Dakota Territory legislature, and was named for Bertil W. Benson, a Dakota Territory legislator at the time. The county government was organized on ...
This cemetery is located on 3309 Highway 281 SE, Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota. Find a Grave Billion Graves
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Stutsman County, North Dakota. Official Website The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on January 4, 1873. It was not organized at that time, nor was it attached to another county for administrative or judicial purposes. It was named for Enos Stutsman, an area lawyer and politician. Adjacent Counties Foster County ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in LaMoure County, North Dakota. Official Website The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on January 4, 1873 and organized on October 27, 1881. It was named for Judson LaMoure, a territorial legislator. Adjacent Counties Barnes County Stutsman County Ransom County Dickey County Logan County McIntosh County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Ward County, North Dakota. Official Website The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on April 14, 1885 and was named for Mark Ward, chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Counties during the session. For a complete list of Townships & Communities, please see Wikipedia . Adjacent Counties Renville...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Fargo, North Dakota. Fargo is the county seat of Cass County and is the most populous city in the state. Official Website Historically part of Sioux (Dakota) territory, the area that is present-day Fargo was an early stopping point for steamboats traversing the Red River during the 1870s and 1880s. The city was originally named "Ce...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cass County, North Dakota. Official Website Cass County was defined by action of the Dakota Territory legislature on January 4, 1873, and its organization was effected on October 27 of that year. It was named for railroad executive George Washington Cass (1810 - 1888). Adjacent Counties Norman County, Minnesota Clay County, Mi...
List of United States Representatives from North Dakota North Dakota's current delegation to the United States House of Representatives as of January 2025: At-large district -- Julie Fedorchak
This cemetery is located on 8235 37th Street NW, New Town, Mountrail County, North Dakota. Find a Grave Billion Graves
Wikipedia The University of North Dakota (UND) is a public research university located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of North Dakota, UND is the oldest and largest university in the state. UND was founded as a university with a strong liberal arts foundation and is classified by the Carneg...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Sioux County, North Dakota. The county was created by proclamation of Governor Louis B. Hanna on September 3, 1914. It was named for the Native American Lakota, whose historic territory included this area. The county lies entirely within the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, forming the northernmost 30 percent of the reservation; the...
Please add those who were born, lived or died in Bottineau County, North Dakota. Official Website The Territorial legislature identified Bottineau as one of the original counties of the territory. on January 4, 1873. Its organization was effected on July 17, 1884. It is named for Pierre Bottineau (c.1814-1895), a Métis pioneer, hunter, and trapper who became a successful land speculator. Ad...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Renville County, North Dakota. Official Website The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on January 4, 1873. It was named for Joseph Renville, an influential fur trader, interpreter, translator, and important figure in dealings between white men and the Sioux. Adjacent Counties & Provinces Province of Saskatchewan B...
This cemetery is located in Bottineau County. Saint Jerome's Cemetery, which is part of the Mohall Cemetery, is east of Mohall and is located in Renville County. Find a Grave
This subportal is part of the USA Portal . This is the master project for North Dakota and its history. State of North Dakota Nickname(s): Peace Garden State, Roughrider State, Flickertail State Motto(s): Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable Demonym: North Dakotan Capital: Bismarck Largest city: Fargo Please do not add profiles to the project. Add t...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Ramsey County, North Dakota. Official Website The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on January 4, 1873 and was named for Alexander Ramsey, a U.S. Senator from Minnesota. Adjacent Counties Cavalier County Walsh County Towner County Nelson County Benson County Cities Brocket Church's Ferry Crary D...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hettinger County, North Dakota. Official Website The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on March 9, 1883. The county name was chosen by territorial legislator Erastus A. Williams, to honor his father-in-law, Mathias K. Hettinger (1810-1890), who had been a banker and public figure in Freeport, Illinois. Adjacent Count...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, North Dakota. Official Website Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota . As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 2,343. The county seat is Hettinger. The county was created on April 17, 1907, and organized one week later. It was named for John Quincy Adams (1848–1919), a railroad offi...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Bowman County, North Dakota. Official Website The legislature of the Dakota Territory designated Bowman (named for Edward M. Bowman, a member of the territorial House of Representatives during the 1883 session) as a separate county on March 8, 1883, although it was not organized at that time. In 1885, its boundaries were altered to ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Slope County, North Dakota. Official Website On January 14, 1915, the county organization was effected. The name refers to the Missouri Slope, a geographical feature that is also a popular designation for western North Dakota, particularly the area west of the Missouri River. Adjacent Counties Billings County Stark County Go...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Golden Valley County, North Dakota. Official Website The county was organized on November 13, 1912. Golden Valley was called 'Rattlesnake Flats' by early settlers, due to the large number of the snakes found in the area. The region was dubbed Golden Valley in 1902 after a group of land surveyors noticed that the sunlight gave the su...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in McKenzie County, North Dakota. Official Website The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on March 9, 1883, with areas partitioned from Howard County (now extinct). The county was named for Alexander McKenzie, a territorial political figure who was later disgraced for corruption. Adjacent Counties Dunn County Mountra...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Billings County, North Dakota. Official Website Billings County, North Dakota was created on February 10, 1879 from Dakota Territory. The county was named in honor of Frederick H. Billings (1823 - 1890), who was president of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Adjacent Counties McKenzie County Dunn County Stark County Slope Cou...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dunn County, South Dakota. The county was created in 1883 and named for John Piatt Dunn, who opened the first drugstore in North Dakota, and who was a civic and commercial leader during the early history of Bismarck. Adjacent Counties Billings County McKenzie County Stark County Mountrail County McLean County Mercer County