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Rolette County, North Dakota

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
3historic places
—earliest paper
1873formed
12,187pop. 2020
37cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1986. Most listings are in or near St. John, Dunseith.

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 Rolette titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

3 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Coghlan CastleSt. JohnBuilding2008
Cote, Urbain, Round BarnDunseithBuilding1986
U.S. Inspection Station-St. John, North DakotaSt. JohnBuilding2014

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

ROLETTE created by Dakota Territory in present North Dakota from BUFFALO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

14k8,1822,42718901920196020002020
189019001920194019501960198020002020
2,4277,99510,06112,58311,10210,64112,17713,67412,187

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

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

Cemeteries — 37 of 37 listed
NameLatLon
Ackworth Cemetery48.9664-100.16221
An - Qui - Ni - Gay Indian Burial Ground48.85555-99.73446
Emanuel Cemetery48.76166-99.60708
Holy Cross catholic Cemetery48.79766-100.07736
Island Lake Cemetery48.58925-99.71144
Lakeview Cemetery48.76751-99.91807
Lakeview Cemetery48.54566-99.6658
Little Prairie Cemetery48.94981-100.08481
Mill Lake Cemetery48.94992-99.83297
Mylo Community Cemetery48.60971-99.60319
North Ox Creek Cemetery48.61142-99.79746
Old Order Amish Mennonite Cemetery48.6323-99.66675
Pleasant Valley Cemetery48.5622-99.57998
Rendahl Cemetery48.87791-100.16623
Riverside Cemetery48.79799-100.07601
Rolette Cemetery48.67473-99.82965
Rolla Cemetery48.86265-99.60165
Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery48.71933-99.84182
Saint Ann Catholic Original Cemetery48.84072-99.75587
Saint Anns Addition Cemetery48.83231-99.76523
Saint Anns Cemetery48.83267-99.76447
Saint Anthonys Cemetery48.81077-99.90909
Saint Benedict Cemetery48.87881-99.87165
Saint Edward Cemetery48.73265-99.94262
Saint John Cemetery48.93171-99.70418
Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery48.90683-99.94275
Saint Louis Cemetery48.79795-100.07773
Saint Mary's Cemetery48.8504-100.04088
Saint Marys Maryville Cemetery48.755-99.74875
Saint Michael Cemetery48.84932-99.61648
Saint Paul Cemetery48.86619-99.74677
Saint Sylvan Cemetery48.84004-100.06916
South Ox Creek Lutheran Cemetery48.55405-99.84224
Sunrise View Cemetery48.8427-100.05061
Westland Cemetery48.71121-99.84251
White Stone Cemetery48.8308-99.82167
Willow Creek Lutheran Cemetery48.66638-100.14485

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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