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Burleigh County, North Dakota

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31historic places
—earliest paper
1873formed
98,458pop. 2020
33cemeteries
1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 31 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Bismarck, Wing, Menoken.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for North Dakota is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Burleigh titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

18 of 31 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

31 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bismarck Cathedral Area Historic DistrictBismarckDistrict1980
Bismarck Cathedral Area Historic District (Boundary Increase II)BismarckDistrict2010
Bismarck Cathedral Area Historic District (Boundary Increase)BismarckDistrict1997
Bismarck Civic AuditoriumBismarckBuilding1976
Bismarck Tribune BuildingBismarckBuilding1982
Brandt, Dr. Albert M. and Evelyn M., HouseBismarckBuilding2000
Burleigh County CourthouseBismarckBuilding1985
Byrne, Patrick E., HouseBismarckBuilding2025
Camp Hancock SiteBismarckSite1972
Chief Looking's Village site (32BL3)BismarckSite1978
Depression Era Work Relief Construction Features at Double Ditch Indian Village Site State Historic SiteBismarckBuilding2014
Depression Era Work Relief Construction Features at Menoken State Historic SiteBismarckBuilding2010
Double Ditch State Historic SiteBismarckSite1979
Downtown Bismarck Historic DistrictBismarckDistrict2001
Florence Lake School No. 3WingBuilding2011
Former North Dakota Executive MansionBismarckBuilding1975
Grady, Fred and Gladys, HouseBismarckBuilding2006
Highland Acres Historic DistrictBismarckDistrict2022
Highland Acres Historic District (Boundary Increase)BismarckDistrict2024
Lundquist, Oliver and Gertrude, HouseBismarckBuilding2006
Menoken Indian Village Site NHLMenokenSite1966
Northern Pacific Railway DepotBismarckBuilding1977
Our Lady of the Annunciation Chapel at Annunciation PrioryBismarckBuilding2020
Patterson HotelBismarckBuilding1976
Patterson, E. G., BuildingBismarckBuilding1982
Soo HotelBismarckBuilding1983
St. George's Episcopal Memorial ChurchBismarckBuilding2021
Towne-Williams HouseBismarckBuilding1975
U.S. Post Office and CourthouseBismarckBuilding1976
Van Horn HotelBismarckBuilding1984
Webb Brothers BlockBismarckBuilding1983

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Burleigh was formed in 1873 (1873-01-04) from Buffalo.

BURLEIGH created by Dakota Territory in present North Dakota from BUFFALO. Non-County Area 2 attached to BURLEIGH for administrative and judicial purposes.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Burleigh County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

98k51k3,246188019201950196020002020
188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,2466,08115,57822,73625,67334,01654,81169,41698,458

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

33 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 33 of 33 listed
NameLatLon
Ahola Cemetery47.02499-100.29508
Alta Community Church Cemetery47.3093-100.62228
Annunciation Monastery Cemetery46.72101-100.75503
Baldwin Cemetery47.02592-100.72901
Bismarck Jewish Cemetery46.8364-100.74672
Driscoll Cemetery46.83553-100.1401
Fairview Cemetery46.83738-100.74938
Ghylin Union Cemetery47.11248-100.58125
Grace Lutheran Cemetery46.83677-100.14145
Groveview Cemetery46.95333-100.60146
Jewish Cemetery47.17905-100.4755
Johns Lake Mennonite Brethern Cemetery47.31551-100.47515
Lt. Beaver Masonic Memorial Cemetery46.7402-100.76269
Mennonite Zion Cemetery47.07969-100.15731
Menoken Cemetery46.82266-100.54059
Mine View Cemetery47.14316-100.74172
Mission Cemetery47.15736-100.66402
Moffit Community Cemetery46.67026-100.2926
Pleasant View Cemetery46.82519-100.40525
Regan Cemetery47.16054-100.51733
Rose Hill Cemetery46.98101-100.43397
Rosehill Cemetery47.07887-100.79929
Saint George's Episcopal Church Columbarium46.81087-100.78557
Saint Johns Cemetery47.13427-100.15721
Saint Mary's Cemetery46.81527-100.75513
Saint Nickolas Ukrainian Cemetery47.25861-100.7072
Sterling Union Cemetery46.82175-100.28944
Stewartsdale and Westminister Cemetery46.70786-100.63063
Sunne Lutheran Cemetery47.14189-100.66562
Sunset Memorial Gardens46.83722-100.77068
Union Cemetery47.05443-100.42066
Wing Cemetery47.13795-100.28282
Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery46.99665-100.17041

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Stony Lake6,72724.4 kmND003

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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