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Burke County
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county in North Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- Founded
- July 12, 1910 (created), July 15, 1910 (organized)
- Named after
- John Burke
- Seat
- Bowbells
- Largest city
- Powers Lake
- Total
- 1,128.999 sq mi (2,924.09 km )
- Land
- 1,103.619 sq mi (2,858.36 km )
- Water
- 25.380 sq mi (65.73 km ) 2.25%
- Estimate 2025
- 2,132
- Density
- 1.952/sq mi (0.754/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- burkecountynd.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Burke
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Dakota
- Contains
- Bowbells
- Capital
- Bowbells
- Population
- 2201
- Area
- 2925
- Shares border with
- Williams County
- Official website
- www.burkecountynd.com
- Image
- Portal State Bank.jpg
- Households
- 950
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- topic's main category
- Category:Burke County, North Dakota
- Commons category
- Burke County, North Dakota
- inception
- 1910-00-00
- different from
- Burke County
- water as percent of area
- 2.2
- native label
- Burke County
- per capita income
- 43862
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Encyclopedic overview
Burke County is a county on the north edge of the U.S. state of North Dakota, adjacent to the south line of Canada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,201, and was estimated to be 2,132 in 2025. The county seat is Bowbells and the largest city is Powers Lake. The county is named after John Burke, the tenth Governor of North Dakota.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Burke County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.