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McIntosh County, North Dakota

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
8historic places
—earliest paper
1883formed
2,530pop. 2020
54cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 8 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1980. Most listings are in or near Zeeland, Ashley.

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 McIntosh titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 8 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

8 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Ashley Jewish Homesteaders CemeteryAshleySite2015
McIntosh County CourthouseAshleyBuilding1980
St. Andrews Evangelical German Lutheran ChurchZeelandDistrict1990
St. John's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site AZeelandSite1989
St. John's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site BZeelandSite1989
St. John's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site CZeelandSite1989
St. John's Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site DZeelandSite1989
Zeeland HallZeelandBuilding2016

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Mcintosh was formed in 1883 (1883-03-09) from Campbell, Logan, McPHERSON.

McINTOSH created by Dakota Territory in present North Dakota from CAMPBELL, LOGAN, McPHERSON, and all of Non-County Area 3 attached to LOGAN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

McIntosh County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

9,6216,0752,53018901920196020002020
189019001920194019501960198020002020
3,2484,8189,0108,9847,5906,7024,8003,3902,530

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

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

Cemeteries — 54 of 54 listed
NameLatLon
Ashley City Cemetery46.03488-99.33802
Ashley Lutheran Cemetery46.01936-99.37811
Beaver Creek Baptist Cemetery46.18759-99.70039
Berlin Baptist Church Cemetery46.15447-99.14847
Bertsch Cemetery46.03975-99.11474
Beth Itzchock Cemetery46.07853-99.37875
Bethany Number 1 Cemetery46.15696-99.3064
Bethany Number 2 Cemetery46.14356-99.29556
Danzig Baptist Cemetery46.13387-99.56678
Danzig Cemetery46.1356-99.47173
Ebenezer Cemetery46.14215-99.62778
Emmaus Cemetery46.07758-99.31608
Friedens Lutheran Cemetery46.18723-99.80506
George Cemetery46.23684-99.29561
George Station German Baptist Cemetery46.20016-99.33735
German Baptist Cemetery46.17594-99.22305
Granadenfeld Congregational Cemetery46.22877-99.04473
Hoffnungsthal Cemetery46.02081-99.53595
Hope Cemetery46.08607-99.23232
Hoskins Community Cemetery46.05621-99.48071
Jewell Station Cemetery45.94052-99.21231
Kassel Cemetery46.02406-99.67094
Lehr City Cemetery46.28133-99.3364
Marienburg Cemetery45.95543-99.40006
Neudorf Cemetery46.19328-99.6905
New Kassel Cemetery46.10064-99.71156
New Kassel E and R Cemetery46.12953-99.83784
Old Kassel Cemetery46.12902-99.73222
Peace Cemetery46.0302-99.17151
Saint Andrews Cemetery45.95581-99.81678
Saint Andrews Cemetery46.1147-99.77317
Saint James Cemetery45.98781-99.2527
Saint James Lutheran Cemetery46.24581-99.75206
Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery46.04072-99.83625
Saint Johns Cemetery45.96994-99.18285
Saint Johns Cemetery46.12887-99.68067
Saint Johns Reformed Cemetery45.95623-99.85876
Saint Lucas Cemetery45.98277-99.07799
Saint Luke Cemetery46.26691-99.54344
Saint Patricks Cemetery46.25243-99.56005
Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery46.09328-99.58903
Salem Cemetery46.15052-99.39982
Salem Congregational Cemetery46.02737-99.00516
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery46.07183-99.48313
Unnamed Pioneer Cemetery46.09468-99.02528
Venturia Baptist Cemetery45.99962-99.57727
Venturia Reformed Cemetery46.02123-99.53595
Wishek City Cemetery46.25247-99.56335
Worms Cemetery46.27332-99.68119
Zion Cemetery45.94941-99.85816
Zion Evangelical Cemetery46.24641-99.29476
Zion II Lutheran (Biederstedt) Cemetery46.09962-99.08822
Zion Lutheran Cemetery45.99173-99.54651
Zion Number 1 Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery46.04207-99.10949

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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