Bicentennial Story #36-Stark County established

Bicentennial Story #36-Stark County established

Description of the creation of Stark County in May 1883.

6/19/1975

3/19/1976

Father Louis Pfaller
Jack Hjort

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BS-036

Stark County, ND

Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center

When Stark County was carved out of Morton County in May, 1883, it comprised all of the territory bordered on the North by the Little Missouri, on the West by Montana, on the South by the South Dakota line and on the East by Morton County. It was an empire of territory inhabited by some 300 people, most of whom lived along the railroad. None of the little towns had large populations, but Dickinson had a few dozen more than any other, and so in the election of November 11, 1884, Dickinson became the county seat. In a few years, seven other counties were carved out of the original Stark County, ---Dunn Billings, Golden Valley, Slope, Bowman, Adams and Hettinger counties.

This is Bicentennial Story No. 36, prepared by Father Louis Pfaller, for the Stark County Historical Society.

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