McKenzie County
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county in North Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- Founded
- March 9, 1883 (created), April 20, 1905 (organized)
- Named after
- Alexander McKenzie
- Seat
- Watford City
- Largest city
- Watford City
- Total
- 2,860.566 sq mi (7,408.83 km )
- Land
- 2,760.133 sq mi (7,148.71 km )
- Water
- 100.433 sq mi (260.12 km ) 3.51%
- Estimate 2025
- 15,192
- Northern portion
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Southern portion
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- mckenziecountynd.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Dakota
- Contains
- Alexander
- Capital
- Watford City
- Population
- 14704
- Area
- 7410
- Shares border with
- Roosevelt County
- Official website
- county.mckenziecounty.net
- Image
- Fort Union.jpg
- Households
- 4478
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- Commons category
- McKenzie County, North Dakota
- topic's main category
- Category:McKenzie County, North Dakota
- inception
- 1905-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 3.5
- native label
- McKenzie County
- different from
- McKenzie
- per capita income
- 36414
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Encyclopedic overview
McKenzie County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,704, and was estimated to be 15,192 in 2025, The county seat and largest city is Watford City. McKenzie County is also the largest county in North Dakota by land area, and is home to the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
The county lies immediately adjacent to the Williston Micropolitan Statistical Area, although the Census Bureau does not include McKenzie County in that grouping.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “McKenzie County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.