Burleigh County is a

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in the

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 98,458, making it the second-most populous county in North Dakota. Its

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is Bismarck, the state capital. The county was named for Dakota Territory political figure Walter A. Burleigh.

History

The territorial legislature created Burleigh County on January 4, 1873, annexing territory from Buffalo County. Burleigh was not organized at that time, but the organization was effected on July 16, 1873. Its boundaries were altered in 1879, 1881, 1883, and twice in 1885. Burleigh County is included in the Bismarck, ND

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, commonly called "

Bismarck–Mandan Bismarck–Mandan, colloquially referred to as BisMan, is the metropolitan area composed of Burleigh, Morton, and Oliver counties in the state of North Dakota. Its core cities, Bismarck and Mandan, are located on opposite sides of the upper ...

Geography

The Missouri River flows south-southeasterly along the lower west boundary line of Burleigh County. The central part of the county is drained by south-flowing creeks. The county terrain consists of semi-arid low rolling hills, partially devoted to agriculture.''Burleigh County ND'' Google Maps (accessed February 16, 2019)
/ref> The terrain slopes to the south, and its western portion also slopes to the river valley. The terrain's highest point is on the upper portion of the east boundary line, at 2,060' (628m) ASL. The county has a total area of , of which is land and (2.1%) is water.

Major highways

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Adjacent counties

* Sheridan County – north * Kidder County – east * Emmons County – south * Morton County - southwest * Oliver County – west * McLean County – northwest

Protected areas

* Arena State Game Management Area * Bunker Lake State Game Management Area * Canfield Lake National Wildlife Refuge * Florence Lake National Wildlife Refuge *

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(part) * Sibley Nature Park * Wilton Mine State Game Management Area (part)

Lakes

* Bunce Lake * Bunker Lake * Clear Lake * Florence Lake * Grass Lake * Harriet Lake * Horseshoe Lake * Lonetree Lake * Long Lake * Mitchell Lake * New Johns Lake (part) * O'Brien Lake * Pelican Lake * Rice Lake

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, there were 81,308 people, 33,976 households, and 21,213 families in the county. The population density was . There were 35,754 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 93.0% white, 4.2% American Indian, 0.6% black or African American, 0.5% Asian, 0.3% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.2% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 61.0% were

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, 21.1% were

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, 8.1% were Russian, 6.8% were

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, and 2.6% were

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. Of the 33,976 households, 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 37.6% were non-families, and 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.90. The median age was 37.3 years. The median income for a household in the county was $53,465 and the median income for a family was $71,103. Males had a median income of $44,944 versus $31,943 for females. The per capita income for the county was $28,784. About 6.3% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the

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, including 11.6% of those under age 18 and 11.0% of those age 65 or over.

Population by decade

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Communities

Cities

* Bismarck (county seat) *

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* Wilton (partly in McLean County) *

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Census-designated places

* Apple Valley * Driscoll * Menoken

Unincorporated communities

* Arena * Baldwin * Brittin * McKenzie * Moffit * Sterling

Townships

* Apple Creek * Boyd * Burnt Creek * Canfield * Christiania * Clear Lake * Crofte * Cromwell * Driscoll * Ecklund * Estherville * Florence Lake * Francis * Ghylin * Gibbs * Glenview * Grass Lake * Harriet-Lien * Hay Creek * Hazel Grove * Logan * Long Lake * McKenzie * Menoken * Missouri * Morton * Naughton * Painted Woods * Richmond * Rock Hill * Schrunk * Sibley Butte * Steiber * Sterling * Taft * Telfer * Thelma * Trygg * Wild Rose * Wilson * Wing

Politics

Burleigh County voters have voted Republican for several decades. With the exception of 1964, no Democratic Party candidate has received even 40 percent of the county's vote after 1940.

Education

References

External links

A brief history of Burleigh County : with a chronology of some of the county's earlier days (1932)
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Digital Horizons website

A brief history of Burleigh County : with a chronology of some of the outstanding events of the county's earlier days (1932)
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Digital Horizons website
* Burleigh County maps
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