Barnes County
Sign in to saveAlso known as Barnes County, North Dakota, Burbank County, Burbank County, North Dakota, Barnes County, ND
county in North Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- Founded
- January 4, 1873 (created as Burbank), January 14, 1875 (renamed as Barnes), August 5, 1878 (organized)
- Named after
- Judge Alanson H. Barnes
- Seat
- Valley City
- Largest city
- Valley City
- Total
- 1,513.404 sq mi (3,919.70 km )
- Land
- 1,491.559 sq mi (3,863.12 km )
- Water
- 21.845 sq mi (56.58 km ) 1.44%
- Estimate 2025
- 10,573
- Density
- 7.239/sq mi (2.795/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- barnescounty.us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Barnes County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,853, and was estimated to be 10,573 in 2025, The county seat and the largest city is Valley City.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barnes County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.