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Pierce County
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county in North Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- Founded
- March 11, 1887 (created), April 6, 1889 (organized)
- Named after
- Gilbert A. Pierce
- Seat
- Rugby
- Largest city
- Rugby
- Total
- 1,082.466 sq mi (2,803.57 km )
- Land
- 1,018.285 sq mi (2,637.35 km )
- Water
- 64.181 sq mi (166.23 km ) 5.93%
- Estimate 2025
- 3,838
- Density
- 3.784/sq mi (1.461/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- piercecountynd.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Pierce County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,990, and was estimated to be 3,838 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Rugby.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pierce County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.