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| Year | County | DescriptionUpdated - 14 August 2020 |
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| 1867 | Pembina | Established from Dakota Territory |
| 1871 | | Buffalo | Established from Dakota Territory |
| 1871 | Pembina | Enlarged from Dakota Territory |
| 1873 | | Boreman | Established from Dakota Territory - Partially in South Dakota part of Dakota Territory |
| 1873 | Bottineau | Established from portion of Buffalo |
| 1873 | | Burbank | Established from portion of Pembina |
| 1873 | Burleigh | Established from portion of Buffalo |
| 1873 | Cass | Established from portion of Pembina |
| 1873 | Cavalier | Established from portion of Pembina |
| 1873 | Foster | Established from portion of Pembina |
| 1873 | | French | Established from portion of Buffalo |
| 1873 | | Gingras | Established from portion of Buffalo |
| 1873 | Grand Forks | Established from portion of Pembina |
| 1873 | | Howard | From Dakota Territory |
| 1873 | Kidder | Established from portion of Buffalo |
| 1873 | LaMoure | Established from portion of Pembina |
| 1873 | Logan | Established from portion of Buffalo |
| 1873 | McHenry | Established from portion of Buffalo |
| 1873 | Morton | Established from Dakota Territory |
| 1873 | Mountrail | Established from portion of Buffalo |
| 1873 | Ramsey | Established from portion of Pembina |
| 1873 | Ransom | Established from portion of Pembina |
| 1873 | Renville | Established from portion of Buffalo |
| 1873 | Richland | Established from portion of Pembina |
| 1873 | Rolette | Established from portion of Buffalo |
| 1873 | Sheridan | Established from portion of Buffalo |
| 1873 | | Stevens | Established from portion of Buffalo |
| 1873 | Stutsman | Established from portions of Buffalo and Pembina |
| 1873 | | Wallette | Established from portion of Buffalo |
| 1873 | | Williams (Old) | Established from Dakota Territory |
| 1873 | Pembina | Lost portions to Burbank, Cass, Cavalier, Foster, Grand Forks, Lamoure, Ramsey, Ranson, Richland, and Stutsman |
| 1873 | | Buffalo | Lost to Bottineau, Burbank, French, Gingras, Kidder, Logan, McHenry, Mountrail, Renville, Rolette, Sheridan, Stevens, Stutsman, Unorganized Territory, and Wallette |
| 1875 | Barnes | Renamed from Burbank |
| 1875 | | Burbank | Name changed to Barnes |
| 1875 | | DeSmet | Renamed from French |
| 1875 | | French | Name changed to DeSmet |
| 1875 | Mercer | Established from Dakota Territory |
| 1875 | Traill | Established from portions of Burbank (Barnes), Cass, and Grand Forks |
| 1879 | Billings | Established from Dakota Territory |
| 1879 | Morton | Gained from portions of Boreman and Dakota Territory and lost portion to Burleigh |
| 1879 | Burleigh | Gained from portions of Kidder, Mercer, Morton and lost portion to Emmons |
| 1879 | Emmons | Established from portions of Burleigh and Boreman |
| 1879 | Stark | Established from Dakota Territory, Howard, Williams (Old) |
| 1879 | | Williams (Old) | Lost portion to Stark. |
| 1879 | | Boreman | Lost portion to Morton and Emmons |
| 1879 | Kidder | Lost portion to Burleigh |
| 1879 | Mercer | Lost portion to Burleigh |
| 1879 | Howard | Lost portion to Stark |
| 1879 | Morton | Lost portion to Burleigh and gained from portion of Boreman |
| 1881 | Walsh | Established from portion of Grand Forks |
| 1881 | Grand Forks | Lost portion to Walsh |
| 1881 | Dickey | Established from portions of Lamoure and Ransom |
| 1881 | LaMoure | Lost portions to Dickey and Dakota Territory and gained from portion of Ransom |
| 1881 | Ransom | Lost portions to LaMoure and Dickey |
| 1881 | Burleigh | Lost portions to Mercer and Morton |
| 1881 | Morton | Gained from portion of Burleigh |
| 1881 | Mercer | Gained from portion of Burleigh |
| 1881 | Griggs | Established from portions of Barnes, Foster and Traill |
| 1881 | Barnes | Lost portion to Griggs |
| 1881 | Foster | Lost portion to Griggs |
| 1881 | Traill | Lost portion to Griggs |
| 1881 | | Gingras | Changed name to Wells |
| 1881 | Wells | Changed name from Gingras |
| 1883 | Benson | Established from portions of DeSmet and Ramsey |
| 1883 | | DeSmet | Lost portion to Bensen |
| 1883 | Ramsey | Lost portions to Bensen, Dakota Territory, and Nelson |
| 1883 | McLean | Established from portions of Burleigh, Sheridan, and Stevens |
| 1883 | Burleigh | Lost portion to McLean |
| 1883 | Sheridan | Lost portion to McLean |
| 1883 | | Stevens | Lost portion to McLean |
| 1883 | Nelson | Established from portions of Foster, Grand Forks, and Ramsey |
| 1883 | Grand Forks | Lost portion to Nelson |
| 1883 | Sargent | Established from portions of Ransom and Dakota Territory |
| 1883 | Ransom | Lost portion to Sargent |
| 1883 | Steele | Established from portions of Griggs and Traill |
| 1883 | Traill | Lost portion to Steele |
| 1883 | | Howard | Divided between Allred, Dunn, McKenzie, and Wallace |
| 1883 | | Allred | Established from portion of Howard |
| 1883 | Dunn | Established from portion of Howard |
| 1883 | McKenzie | Established from portion of Howard |
| 1883 | | Wallace | Established from portion of Howard |
| 1883 | Billings | Lost portions to Bowman and Villard |
| 1883 | Bowman | Established from portion of Billings |
| 1883 | | Villard | Established from portion of Billings |
| 1883 | | Wallette | Divided between Buford and Flannery |
| 1883 | | Buford | Established from portion of Wallette |
| 1883 | | Flannery | Established from portion of Wallette |
| 1883 | Stark | Lost portion to Hettinger |
| 1883 | Hettinger | Established from portion of Stark. See History at NDGenWeb Hettinger. |
| 1883 | | Wynn | Established from portions of Bottineau and Renville |
| 1883 | Bottineau | Lost portion to Wynn |
| 1883 | Renville | Lost portion to Wynn |
| 1883 | McIntosh | Established from portions of Logan and McPherson, South Dakota |
| 1883 | Logan | Lost portion to McIntosh |
| 1883 | Towner | Established from portions of Rolette and Cavalier |
| 1883 | Rolette | Lost portion to Towner |
| 1883 | Cavalier | Lost portions to Towner and Dakota Territory |
| 1883 | Griggs | Lost portions to Steele and Foster |
| 1883 | Foster | Lost portion to Nelson; gained from portion of Wells and Griggs |
| 1883 | Wells | Lost portion to Foster |
| 1883 | LaMoure | Gained from portion of Dakota Territory |
| 1883 | Dickey | Gained from South Dakota portion of Dakota Territory |
| 1885 | Wells | Gained from portion of Foster |
| 1885 | Eddy | Established from portion of Foster |
| 1885 | Foster | Lost portions to Wells and Eddy |
| 1885 | Oliver | Established from portion of Mercer |
| 1885 | Mercer | Lost portion to Oliver; gained from portion of Williams (Old) |
| 1885 | Ward | Established from Renville, Wynn, and Stevens |
| 1885 | Renville | Lost portion to Ward |
| 1885 | | Wynn | Lost portion to Ward |
| 1885 | | Stevens | Lost portions to Ward, McHenry, McLean, Garfield, and unorganized territory |
| 1885 | McHenry | Gained from portion of Stevens |
| 1885 | | Garfield | Established from Stevens and Mountrail |
| 1885 | Mountrail | Lost portion to Garfield |
| 1885 | Dunn | Gained from portion of Williams (Old), McKenzie, and Stark; lost portions to Billings, Villard |
| 1885 | McKenzie | Lost portion to Dunn |
| 1885 | Billings | Gained from portions of Dunn and Bowman; borders realigned with Villard |
| 1885 | | Villard | Gained from portions of Dunn, Bowman, and Hettinger; borders realigned with Billings |
| 1885 | Hettinger | Lost portion to Villard. See History at NDGenWeb Hettinger. |
| 1885 | Bowman | Lost portions to Billings and Villard |
| 1885 | Richland | Gained from portions of South Dakota Territory |
| 1885 | Cavalier | Gained from portions of Pembina and Dakota Territory; lost portion to Ramsey |
| 1885 | Pembina | Lost portion to Cavalier |
| 1885 | Ramsey | Lost portion to Barnes; gained from portion of Cavalier |
| 1885 | Benson | Gained from portions of Ramsey and DeSmet |
| 1885 | | DeSmet | Lost portion to Benson |
| 1885 | McLean | Gained from portion of Burleigh and Stevens |
| 1885 | Burleigh | Lost portion to McLean and Kidder |
| 1885 | | Wallace | Gained from portion of Allred and Williams (Old) |
| 1885 | | Allred | Lost portion to Wallace |
| 1885 | | Williams (Old) | Lost portions to Mercer, Dunn and Wallace |
| 1885 | Kidder | Gained from portion of Burleigh |
| 1887 | | Church | Establish from portions of McHenry and Sheridan |
| 1887 | McHenry | Lost portion to Church, Ward, and Pierce; gained from portions of Bottineau and Wynn |
| 1887 | Sheridan | Lost portion to Church |
| 1887 | Pierce | Established from portions of Bottineau, DeSmet, McHenry, Rolette |
| 1887 | | DeSmet | Lost to Pierce |
| 1887 | Bottineau | Lost portions to Pierce and McHenry; gained from portion of Wynn |
| 1887 | Rolette | Lost portion to Pierce |
| 1887 | Billings | Gained from portions of Villard |
| 1887 | Stark | Gained from portion of Villard; lost portion to Morton |
| 1887 | | Villard | Lost to Billings and Stark |
| 1887 | | Wynn | Lost to McHenry, Renville, and Bottineau |
| 1887 | Ward | Gained from portions of McHenry, Wynn, and Renville |
| 1887 | Morton | Gained from portions of Hettinger and Stark |
| 1887 | Hettinger | Lost portion to Morton. See History at NDGenWeb Hettinger. |
| 1887 | Renville | Gained from portion of Wynn |
| 1889 | | Boreman | Lost to South Dakota in 2 November 1899 statehood. |
| 1890 | Ramsey | Gained from Dakota Territory |
| 1892 | Williams (New) | Established again from Buford and Flannery |
| 1892 | | Buford | Lost to Williams (New) |
| 1892 | | Flannery | Lost to Williams (New) |
| 1892 | Bottineau | Gained from portions of Renville |
| 1892 | Renville | Lost to Bottineau and Ward |
| 1892 | McHenry | Gained from portion of Church |
| 1892 | McLean | Gained from portions of Church, Garfield, Stevens, and Sheridan |
| 1892 | | Church | Lost to McHenry, Pierce, and McLean |
| 1892 | | Garfield | Lost to McLean and Ward |
| 1892 | | Stevens | Lost to McLean and Ward |
| 1892 | Sheridan | Lost to McLean |
| 1892 | Mercer | Gained from Williams (Old) |
| 1892 | Pierce | Gained from portion of Chruch |
| 1892 | Ward | Gained from Mountrail, portions of Garfield, Renville, Stevens |
| 1892 | Mountrail | Lost to Ward |
| 1892 | | Williams (Old) | Eliminated with loss to Mercer and Ward |
| 1896 | Billings | Gained from Allred, Bowman, and McKenzie and portion of Wallace |
| 1896 | | Allred | Lost to Billings |
| 1896 | Bowman | Lost to Billings |
| 1896 | McKenzie | Lost to Billings |
| 1896 | | Wallace | Lost to Billings and Stark |
| 1896 | Stark | Gained from Dunn, Hettinger, and portions of Wallace and Unorganized Territory |
| 1896 | Dunn | Lost to Stark |
| 1896 | Hettinger | Lost to Stark. See History at NDGenWeb Hettinger. |
| 1896 | Mercer | Gained from Unorganized Territory |
| 1901 | Billings | Recreated the 1896 formation losing back to Allred, Bowman, and McKenzie and portion of Wallace |
| 1901 | | Allred | Recreated the 1896 formation gaining back from Billings in 1896 recreation |
| 1901 | Bowman | Recreated the 1896 formation gaining back from Billings in 1896 recreation |
| 1901 | McKenzie | Recreated the 1896 formation gaining back from Billings in 1896 recreation |
| 1901 | | Wallace | Recreated the 1896 formation losing back to Billings and Stark |
| 1901 | Stark | Recreated the 1896 formation gaining back from Dunn, Hettinger, and portions of Wallace and Unorganized Territory |
| 1901 | Dunn | Recreated the 1896 formation gaining back from Stark in 1896 recreation |
| 1901 | Hettinger | Recreated the 1896 formation gaining back from Stark. See History at NDGenWeb Hettinger. |
| 1901 | Mercer | Recreated the 1896 formation losing back to Unorganized Territory |
| 1905 | McKenzie | Gained from Allred and Wallace |
| 1905 | | Allred | Lost to McKenzie |
| 1905 | | Wallace | Lost to McKenzie |
| 1907 | Adams | Established from portion of Hettinger |
| 1907 | Hettinger | Lost portion to Adams. See History at NDGenWeb Hettinger. |
| 1908 | Sheridan | Re-established from 1892 loss to McLean. Different boundaries of new county than 1892 loss |
| 1908 | McLean | Lost portion to Sheridan |
| 1908 | Dunn | Gained from Unorganized Territory |
| 1909 | Mountrail | Re-established from 1892 loss to Ward. Different boundaries of new county than 1892 loss |
| 1909 | Ward | Lost portion to Mountrail |
| 1910 | Burke | Established from portion of Ward |
| 1910 | Renville | Re-established from 1892 loss to Ward. Different boundaries of new county than 1892 loss |
| 1910 | Divide | Established from portion of Williams (New) |
| 1910 | Williams (New) | Lost portion to Divide |
| 1910 | Ward | Lost portion to Burke and Renville |
| 1912 | Golden Valley | Established from portion of Billings |
| 1912 | Billings | Lost portion to Golden Valley |
| 1914 | Sioux | Established from Unorganized Territory (a portion of Standing Rock Reservation) |
| 1914 | Slope | Established from portion of Billings |
| 1914 | Billings | Lost portion to Slope |
| 1916 | Grant | Established from portion of Morton |
| 1916 | Morton | Lost portion to Grant |
Sources:
NDGenWeb North Dakota
State Historical Society of North Dakota
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK)
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