Wells County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- Founded
- January 4, 1873 (created), August 28, 1884 (organized)
- Named after
- Edward Payson Wells
- Seat
- Fessenden
- Largest city
- Harvey
- Total
- 1,290.289 sq mi (3,341.83 km )
- Land
- 1,270.533 sq mi (3,290.67 km )
- Water
- 19.756 sq mi (51.17 km ) 1.53%
- Estimate 2025
- 3,729
- Density
- 2.994/sq mi (1.156/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- wellscountynd.com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Wells County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,982, and was estimated to be 3,729 in 2025. The county seat is Fessenden and the largest city is Harvey.
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