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Emmons County, North Dakota

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17historic places

—earliest paper

1879formed

3,301pop. 2020

40cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 17 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1983. Most listings are in or near Strasburg, Hague, Linton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 17 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

17 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Emmons County Courthouse	Linton	Building	1985
Holy Trinity Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site A	Strasburg	Site	1989
Holy Trinity Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site B	Strasburg	Site	1989
Holy Trinity Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site C	Strasburg	Site	1989
Holy Trinity Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site D	Strasburg	Site	1989
Old St. Mary's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site	Hague	Site	1989
Sacred Heart Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site	Linton	Site	1989
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church Complex	Strasburg	Building	1986
St. Aloysius Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site A	Hague	Site	1989
St. Aloysius Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site B	Hague	Site	1989
St. Mary's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site A	Hague	Site	1989
St. Mary's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site B	Hague	Site	1989
St. Mary's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site C	Hague	Site	1989
St. Mary's Church Non-Contiguous Historic District	Hague	District	1983
Tirsbol Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site	Strasburg	Site	1989
Welk, Ludwig and Christina, Homestead	Strasburg	Building	1993
Willows Hotel	Linton	Building	1996

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Emmons was formed in 1879 (1879-02-10) from Burleigh, Campbell.

EMMONS created by Dakota Territory in present North Dakota from BURLEIGH, CAMPBELL, and Non-County Area 2 attached to BURLEIGH.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
38	4,349	11,288	11,699	9,715	8,462	5,877	4,331	3,301

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

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

Cemeteries — 40 of 40 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Baptist Cemetery	46.29833	-100.48342
Bethlehem Cemetery	46.3555	-100.12528
Braddock Cemetery	46.56109	-100.10621
Dale Cemetery	45.98733	-100.37767
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery	46.44299	-99.95958
Fredrich Merkel Cemetery	46.37833	-100.39234
Freidens Cemetery	45.95747	-99.96288
Gayton Gimble Cemetery	46.44383	-100.45743
Hazelton Cemetery	46.48727	-100.2832
Holy Trinity Krassna Cemetery	46.0882	-100.29809
Hull Cemetery	46.02887	-100.14927
Kintyre Cemetery	46.55421	-99.94427
Linton Cemetery	46.27161	-100.25081
Loebs Baptist Cemetery	46.35479	-100.09408
Maria Lutheran Cemetery	46.54644	-100.03079
Martins Cemetery	46.25977	-100.00298
Old Saint Marys Cemetery	46.02855	-100.0262
Omio Cemetery	46.3161	-100.08401
Peace Lutheran Cemetery	46.2323	-100.2115
Pilgrim Home Cemetery	46.13138	-100.15028
Raynolds' Cemetery	46.25386	-100.18937
Sacred Heart Cemetery	46.21616	-100.09293
Saint Aloysius Catholic Church Cemetery	46.17408	-99.96276
Saint Anthonys Cemetery	46.27925	-100.23369
Saint Bernard Catholic Cemetery	46.13902	-100.45021
Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery	46.29829	-100.46339
Saint Joseph Cemetery	46.27573	-99.88918
Saint Katherines Cemetery	46.56802	-100.08648
Saint Marys Cemetery	46.02498	-99.99955
Saint Michaels Catholic Cemetery	46.31326	-99.97005
Saint Paul Cemetery	46.48832	-100.29483
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery	46.13742	-100.16368
Sand Creek Cemetery	46.34332	-100.33722
Sloan Memorial Presbyterian Cemetery	46.63415	-100.54313
Tell Cemetery	46.47359	-99.97899
Temvik Cemetery	46.37082	-100.27261
Tiraspol Cemetery	46.15887	-100.14848
Westfield Cemetery	46.02805	-100.20517
Winchester Cemetery	46.27169	-100.38704
Worms Lutheran Cemetery	46.16742	-100.5252

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

Historical markers

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