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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 DakotaWhen you find helpful resources for research, please share them here so that others can benefit.If y...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Rolette County, North Dakota. Official Website The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on January 4, 1873. It was named for Joseph Rolette Jr., a fur trader and political figure from Pembina. The International Peace Garden is located in the northwest corner of the county along the Canada–United States border. Adjacent...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Burke County, North Dakota. Official Website A vote was held on November 3, 1908 in which county voters authorized the partition of Burke County from what was then known as 'Imperial Ward County' (which consisted of what is now Burke, Mountrail, Renville, and Ward counties). Its name recognized the state governor at the time, John B...
This cemetery is located at the northeast corner of 92nd Avenue NW and 78th Street NW., Powers Lake, Burke County, North Dakota. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Divide County, North Dakota. Official Website In November 8, 1910 election, the voters of Williams County voters determined that the county should be divided into a northern and a southern county. The vote was affirmative; the southern portion retained the Williams name; the newly created county was named "Divide", with Crosby as th...
Grafton State Home plans were drawn up circa 1904, 40 acres were obtained for a state Penitentiary but the site was used for the Institution for the Feeble Minded at Grafton, Walsh County North Dakota. (Euphemism to institute any social deviants of the time*) Building started 1910 and continued through 1978. In 1910 Hospital Erected, 1912 North Ward, followed by Garden House, Refectory, Dormito...
This cemetery is located on 205 1st Street NW, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota. Find a Grave
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 Cra...
This project is for those interred in Leeds Cemetery, Leeds, Benson County, North Dakota. Find a Grave Genealogy Trails
The North Dakota State College of Science ( NDSCS ) is a public college in Wahpeton, North Dakota. It is part of the North Dakota University System. Founded in 1903 by provision of the state constitution, the State College of Science offers degrees, certificates, and diplomas in more than 80 academic options in traditional career and technical studies as well as the liberal arts. The college al...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in McIntosh County, North Dakota. Official Website The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on March 9, 1883 and was named for Edward H. McIntosh, a territorial legislator at the time. Adjacent Counties Logan County LaMoure County Dickey County Campbell County, South Dakota Emmons County McPherson County, South...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Logan County, North Dakota. Official Website The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on January 4, 1873. It was named for John A. Logan (1826-1886), a Civil War general and United States Senator from Illinois. The county government was not organized at that time, but the county was not attached to another county for admi...
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 Dickey County, North Dakota. Official Website The Dakota Territory legislature created Dickey County on March 5, 1881. Its governing structure was effected on August 18, 1882. It was named for a member of the Territorial Legislature, George H. Dickey. Adjacent Counties LaMoure County Ransom County McIntosh County McPherson...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Mercer County, North Dakota. The Dakota Territory legislature enacted an January 8, 1873 law to create a county named Mercer, whose boundaries would be identical to Pratt (a now-extinct county). This county did not come into existence, as the 1873 act was nullified on January 14, 1875 by the legislature. On that date the legislature ...
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 Williams County, North Dakota. Official Website Williams County was created by the North Dakota legislature on March 2, 1891, from the previous counties of Buford and Flannery, which were dissolved. The government of this county was organized on December 8, 1891. It is named for Erastus Appleman Williams, a settler who served in the...
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 188...
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
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Stark County, North Dakota. Official Website The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on February 10, 1879, taking area from now-extinct Howard and Williams counties and some previously unincorporated territory. It was named for George Stark, a vice president of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Adjacent Counties Dunn Co...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Grant County, North Dakota. Official Website The territory of Grant County was created on November 7, 1916 and is named after Ulysses S. Grant , the US President from 1869 to 1877. Adjacent Counties Adams County Hettinger County Sioux County Morton County Stark County