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Mountrail County
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county in North Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- Founded
- January 4, 1873 (created), November 8, 1892 (eliminated), January 16, 1909 (re-created), January 29, 1909 (organized)
- Seat
- Stanley
- Largest city
- New Town
- Total
- 1,941.419 sq mi (5,028.25 km )
- Land
- 1,825.163 sq mi (4,727.15 km )
- Water
- 116.256 sq mi (301.10 km ) 5.99%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,395
- Density
- 5.19/sq mi (2.00/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- co.mountrail.nd.us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Dakota
- Contains
- Stanley
- Capital
- Stanley
- Population
- 9809
- Area
- 5027
- Shares border with
- Williams County
- Official website
- www.co.mountrail.nd.us
- Image
- Mountrail County Courthouse - Stanley, North Dakota 10-18-2008.jpg
- Households
- 3570
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- Commons category
- Mountrail County, North Dakota
- topic's main category
- Category:Mountrail County, North Dakota
- inception
- 1873-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 6
- native label
- Mountrail County
- per capita income
- 34954
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Encyclopedic overview
Mountrail County is a county in the northwestern part of North Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,809, and was estimated to be 9,395 in 2025. The county seat is Stanley and the largest city is New Town.
The county was originally created in 1873, then removed in 1892, and annexed by Ward County. It was re-created and organized in 1909.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mountrail County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.