Richland 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 25, 1873 (organized)
- Named after
- Morgan T. Rich
- Seat
- Wahpeton
- Largest city
- Wahpeton
- Total
- 1,445.340 sq mi (3,743.41 km )
- Land
- 1,435.674 sq mi (3,718.38 km )
- Water
- 9.666 sq mi (25.03 km ) 0.67%
- Estimate 2025
- 16,731
- Density
- 11.603/sq mi (4.480/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- co.richland.nd.us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Richland County is a county in the far southeast corner of the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,529, and was estimated to be 16,731 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Wahpeton.
Richland County is part of the Wahpeton, ND–MN Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN Combined Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Richland County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.