Ransom County
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ransom County, North Dakota, Ransom County, ND
county in North Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- Founded
- January 4, 1873 (created), April 4, 1881 (organized)
- Named after
- Fort Ransom
- Seat
- Lisbon
- Largest city
- Lisbon
- Total
- 863.855 sq mi (2,237.37 km )
- Land
- 862.472 sq mi (2,233.79 km )
- Water
- 1.383 sq mi (3.58 km ) 0.16%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,617
- Density
- 6.5/sq mi (2.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- ransomcountynd.net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Fort Ransom
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Dakota
- Contains
- Lisbon
- Capital
- Lisbon
- Population
- 5703
- Area
- 2238
- Shares border with
- Barnes County
- Official website
- www.ransomcountynd.com
- Image
- Ransom County Courthouse 2008.jpg
- Households
- 2380
Show 6 more facts
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Ransom County
- Commons category
- Ransom County, North Dakota
- topic's main category
- Category:Ransom County, North Dakota
- inception
- 1881-04-04
- per capita income
- 34842
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
~8 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Ransom County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,703, and was estimated to be 5,617 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Lisbon.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ransom County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.