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Nelson County
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county in North Dakota, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- Founded
- March 2, 1883 (created), June 9, 1883 (organized)
- Seat
- Lakota
- Largest city
- Lakota
- Total
- 1,008.871 sq mi (2,612.96 km )
- Land
- 981.815 sq mi (2,542.89 km )
- Water
- 27.056 sq mi (70.07 km ) 2.68%
- Estimate 2025
- 2,963
- Density
- 3.064/sq mi (1.183/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- nelsonco.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Dakota
- Contains
- Lakota
- Capital
- Lakota
- Population
- 3015
- Area
- 2613
- Shares border with
- Eddy County
- Official website
- www.nelsonco.org
- Image
- Lakota North Dakota Water Tower.jpg
- Households
- 1428
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- Commons category
- Nelson County, North Dakota
- topic's main category
- Category:Nelson County, North Dakota
- different from
- Nelson County
- water as percent of area
- 2.7
- native label
- Nelson County
- inception
- 1883-00-00
- per capita income
- 34189
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Encyclopedic overview
Nelson County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,015, and was estimated to be 2,963 in 2025. The county seat and largest city is Lakota.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nelson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.