Billings County
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county in North Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- Founded
- February 10, 1879 (created), May 4, 1886 (organized)
- Named after
- Frederick H. Billings
- Seat
- Medora
- Largest city
- Medora
- Total
- 1,153.116 sq mi (2,986.56 km )
- Land
- 1,148.488 sq mi (2,974.57 km )
- Water
- 4.628 sq mi (11.99 km ) 0.40%
- Estimate 2025
- 1,071
- Density
- 0.926/sq mi (0.358/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- billingscountynd.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Billings County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 945, and was estimated to be 1,071 in 2025, making it the second-least populous county in North Dakota. The county seat and only incorporated place is Medora.
The Territorial legislature authorized the creation of Billings County on February 10, 1879, naming it for Northern Pacific Railway president Frederick H. Billings. It was organized on May 4, 1886. The original county boundary was significantly altered by actions in 1883, 1885, 1887, 1896, 1901, and 1904. Its most significant alterations came in 1907 (Bowman County partitioned off), 1912 (Golden Valley County partitioned off), and 1914 (Slope County partitioned off).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Billings County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.