Dunn County, North Dakota
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Dunn County is a
county A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,095. Its
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is Manning.


History

On March 9, 1883, the Dakota Territory legislature authorized the creation of a new county, using territory partitioned from Howard County (which is now extinct). The county organization was not effected at that time, but the county was not attached to another county for judicial purposes. The county boundaries were altered in 1883, and on November 3, 1896, the legislature ordered Dunn dissolved, with its territory assigned to Stark County. However, the state supreme court overturned the legislature's act on May 24, 1901; in effect re-creating Dunn County. The county was still not assigned to another county. This was resolved on March 10, 1903, when the county was assigned to Stark County for judicial purposes. On March 13, 1903, the legislature again voted to dissolve Dunn County, but again (during the 1905 session) the state supreme court voided the act. Dunn County continued to be attached to Stark County. However, on January 18, 1908, the county organization was effected, and Dunn became a standalone county. In the process, Dunn gained a tract of previously unattached land from Stark County, enlarging its boundary. The configuration thus created has remained to the present. The county was named for John Piatt Dunn, who opened the first drugstore in North Dakota, and who was a civic and commercial leader during the early history of Bismarck.


Geography

The
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flows southeasterly along the northeastern boundary of Dunn County, and the Little Missouri River flows eastward across the center part of the county, to its confluence with the Missouri in the northeastern part of the county. The county terrain consists of semi-arid rolling hills, which are etched in the north and east by gullies and drainages to the river valleys. The terrain slopes to the east and north; its highest point is a hill at the southwestern corner, at ASL. The county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.5%) is water. It is the fifth-largest county in North Dakota by total area. Dunn County is somewhat unusual among western North Dakota counties. Like other counties in the region, it has both prairie and badlands areas. Located in the northwest part of the county are the Killdeer Mountains, which are more accurately described as hills. These hills help create a mini-ecosystem on the southern edge of the Little Missouri badlands, which has a greater abundance of aspen forests and wildlife than is typically found in southwestern North Dakota. The Killdeer Mountains' highest point, and the highest point in Dunn County, is 3281 feet above sea level. The northwest corner of the county, northwest of the Killdeer Mountains, features many square miles of bur oak forest, mainly on the north-facing slopes of the hills. Bur oak and quaking aspen, though native to North Dakota, are sparse in western North Dakota, with Dunn County being a notable exception.


Major highways

* North Dakota Highway 8 * North Dakota Highway 22 * North Dakota Highway 200


Adjacent counties

* Mountrail County – north * McLean County – northeast * Mercer County – east * Stark County – south * Billings County – southwest * McKenzie County – northwest


Protected areas

* Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge * Little Missouri Public Use Area * Kildeer Mountain State Game Preserve * Badlands Trail Rides * Little Mountain State Park


Lakes

* Moffet Slough


Demographics


2020 census

As of the
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
of 2020, there were 4,095 people.


2010 census

As of the
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of 2010, there were 3,536 people, 1,401 households, and 977 families in the county. The population density was . There were 2,132 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 84.9% white, 12.7% American Indian, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% black or African American, 0.2% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.1% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 57.6% were German, 20.3% were Norwegian, 8.5% were Czech, 6.0% were Russian, 5.7% were Irish, 5.3% were English, and 1.8% were American. Of the 1,401 households, 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.7% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 30.3% were non-families, and 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.93. The median age was 44.4 years. The median income for a household in the county was $48,707 and the median income for a family was $65,122. Males had a median income of $37,270 versus $23,599 for females. The per capita income for the county was $24,832. About 6.2% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the
poverty line The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for ...
, including 7.5% of those under age 18 and 12.1% of those age 65 or over.


Population by decade

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Sites of interest

* Killdeer Mountains * Killdeer Mountain National Battlefield


Communities


Cities

* Dodge * Dunn Center * Halliday * Killdeer


Census-designated place

* Manning (county seat)


Unincorporated communities

* Emerson * Fayette * Hirschville * Marshall * Medicine Hole * New Hradec * Twin Buttes * Werner


Politics

Dunn County has voted Republican in every election since 1976.


Education

School districts include:
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/ref> K-12: * Beulah Public School District 27 * Dickinson Public School District 1 * Halliday Public School District 19 * Hebron Public School District 13 * Killdeer Public School District 16 * Mandaree Public School District 36 * Richardton-Taylor Public School District 34 * South Heart Public School District 9 Elementary: * Twin Buttes Public School District 37


See also

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Dunn County, North Dakota


References


External links


Killdeer Mountain Scenic Byway


* Dunn County maps
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(southern), ''North Dakota DOT'' {{Coord, 47.36, -102.62, display=title, type:adm2nd_region:US-ND_source:UScensus1990 North Dakota counties on the Missouri River 1908 establishments in North Dakota Populated places established in 1908 Counties in multiple time zones