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United States North Dakota Stark County

Stark County, North Dakota genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

Stark County, North Dakota
Map
Location of North Dakota in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 10, 1879
County Seat	Dickinson
Courthouse
Address	Stark County Courthouse 51 3rd St E; PO Box 130 Dickinson, ND 58602-0130 Phone: 701.264.7639 Stark County Website

Contents 1 County Courthouse 2 History 2.1 Parent County 2.2 Boundary Changes 2.3 Record Loss 3 Places/Localities 3.1 Populated Places 3.2 Neighboring Counties 4 Resources 4.1 Cemeteries 4.2 Census 4.3 Church 4.4 Court 4.5 Land 4.6 Local Histories 4.7 Maps 4.8 Military 4.9 Newspapers 4.10 Probate 4.11 Taxation 4.12 Vital Records 5 Societies and Libraries 5.1 Family History Centers 6 Web Sites 7 References

County Courthouse

 

Clerk District Court has birth and death records
from 1898, burial records, divorce and court records
from 1887 and naturalization records 1887-1963;
Register of Deeds has land records^[1]

History

Parent County

10 Feb 1879: Stark County created from the Dakota Territory.

Boundary Changes

9 Mar 1883: old Dunn and Hettinger Counties set off.

13 March 1885: Adams County set off.

1897: Absorbed old Dunn County.

1905: new McKenzie County set off.

1908: Dunn County set off.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Billings | Dunn | Grant | Hettinger | Mercer | Morton | Slope

Resources

Cemeteries

Cemetery transcriptions for cemeteries in Stark County, providing name, date of birth, and date of death where available.

Census

• 1880
• 1885
• 1890
• 1900
• 1910
• 1915
• 1920
• 1925
• 1930

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Dickinson North Dakota Family History Center

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Stark County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

v • d • e Links to North Dakota-related articles Topics Introduction · American Indians · Archives and Libraries · Bible Records · Biography · Cemeteries · Census · Church Records · Court Records · Directories · Emigration and Immigration · Gazetteers · Genealogy · History · Land and Property · Maps · Military Records · Naturalization and Citizenship · Newspapers · Online Records · Periodicals · Probate Records · Societies · Vital Records · For Further Reading Counties Adams · Barnes · Benson · Billings · Bottineau · Bowman · Burke · Burleigh · Cass · Cavalier · Dickey · Divide · Dunn · Eddy · Emmons · Foster · Golden Valley · Grand Forks · Grant · Griggs · Hettinger · Kidder · LaMoure · Logan · McHenry · McIntosh · McKenzie · McLean · Mercer · Morton · Mountrail · Nelson · Oliver · Pembina · Pierce · Ramsey · Ransom · Renville · Richland · Rolette · Sargent · Sheridan · Sioux · Slope · Stark · Steele · Stutsman · Towner · Traill · Walsh · Ward · Wells · Williams Extinct Counties Allred · Buffalo · Buford · Burbank · Chippewa · Church · De Smet · Flanery · French · Garfield · Gingras · Howard · Kittson · Sheyenne · Stevens · Villard · Wallace · Wallette · Wynn Major Repositories North Dakota State Archives · Library of North Dakota · North Dakota State Univeristy Libraries · National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver) · Family History Library Migration Routes Missouri River · Red River of the North · Great Northern Railway (U.S.) · Northern Pacific Railroad

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