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Burleigh County
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county in North Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- Founded
- January 4, 1873 (created), July 16, 1873 (organized)
- Named after
- Walter A. Burleigh
- Seat
- Bismarck
- Largest city
- Bismarck
- Total
- 1,668.482 sq mi (4,321.35 km )
- Land
- 1,632.694 sq mi (4,228.66 km )
- Water
- 35.788 sq mi (92.69 km ) 2.14%
- Estimate 2025
- 103,251
- Density
- 60.304/sq mi (23.284/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- burleigh.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Walter A. Burleigh
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Dakota
- Contains
- Bismarck
- Capital
- Bismarck
- Population
- 98458
- Area
- 4320
- Shares border with
- McLean County
- Official website
- www.co.burleigh.nd.us
- Image
- Burleigh County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 39805
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- Commons category
- Burleigh County, North Dakota
- topic's main category
- Category:Burleigh County, North Dakota
- inception
- 1873-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Burleigh County, North Dakota
- water as percent of area
- 2.1
- native label
- Burleigh County
- different from
- Burleigh
- per capita income
- 39509
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Encyclopedic overview
Burleigh County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 98,458, and was estimated to be 103,251 in 2025, making it the second-most populous county in North Dakota. The county seat and the largest city is Bismarck, the state capital and second-largest city in North Dakota. The county was named for Dakota Territory political figure Walter A. Burleigh.
Burleigh County is included in the Bismarck metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Burleigh County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.