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Ward County, North Dakota

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14historic places

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1885formed

69,919pop. 2020

61cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 14 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Minot, Surrey, Coulee.

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

10 of 14 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

14 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Carr, Andrew, Sr., House	Minot	Building	1984
Eastwood Park Bridge	Minot	Structure	1975
Eastwood Park Historic District	Minot	District	1986
Glick, Levi, Round Barn	Surrey	Building	1987
Minot Carnegie Library	Minot	Building	1980
Minot Commercial Historic District	Minot	District	1980
Minot Industrial Historic District	Minot	District	1986
Our Savior's Scandinavian Lutheran Church	Coulee	Building	2005
Soo Line Passenger Depot	Minot	Building	1978
Tufveson House	Minot	Building	1984
U.S. Post Office	Minot	Building	1980
Union National Bank and Annex	Minot	Building	1983
Ward County Courthouse	Minot	Building	1985
Westland Oil Filling Station	Minot	Building	1987

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Ward was formed in 1885 (1885-04-14) from Renville, Stevens, WYNN (Dakota Territory, extinct).

WARD created by Dakota Territory in present North Dakota from RENVILLE, STEVENS (extinct), and WYNN (Dakota Territory, extinct).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1890	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,681	7,961	28,811	31,981	34,782	47,072	58,392	58,795	69,919

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

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

Cemeteries — 61 of 61 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Anna Township Cemetery	48.00898	-101.61469
Aurelia Community Cemetery	48.45967	-101.92919
Baden Cemetery	48.56106	-102.08213
Bethany Lutheran Cemetery	48.42923	-101.21325
Burlington Township Cemetery	48.28161	-101.42894
Church of God Cemetery	47.85081	-101.16488
Des Lacs Cemetery	48.25709	-101.57656
Des Lacs Valley Cemetery	48.40129	-101.62057
Donnybrook Community Cemetery	48.51717	-101.8895
Douglas City Cemetery	47.86131	-101.49749
Drady Cemetery	48.15389	-101.42634
Early Settlers Cemetery	48.02254	-101.52118
Elmdale Lutheran Cemetery	48.69888	-102.21308
Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery	48.35638	-101.38225
Fairview Mennonite Cemetery	48.21075	-101.1289
First Baptist Russian Cemetery	47.84869	-101.29927
First Lutheran Cemetery	48.45224	-101.73163
First Lutheran Church Cemetery	48.24662	-101.29669
Fron Lutheran Cemetery	48.0661	-101.41442
Gasman Township Cemetery	47.97952	-101.29272
German Baptist Cemetery	48.24181	-101.13424
Greenfield Cemetery	48.59734	-101.86649
Hebrew Cemetery	48.24667	-101.31189
Hiland Cemetery	48.07452	-101.66273
Hillside Cemetery	48.40164	-101.8438
Holbrook Cemetery	48.51186	-101.89482
Holy Cross Cemetery	47.86221	-101.49878
Hope Lutheran Cemetery	47.94057	-101.14221
Hope Lutheran Cemetery	47.96388	-101.78697
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery	48.33135	-101.14336
Johnson Cemetery	48.4306	-101.78803
Lakeview Cemetery	48.66289	-102.10216
Lynch Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery	48.42934	-101.30101
Mennonite Brethren Cemetery	48.02319	-101.07903
Nidaros Lutheran Cemetery	48.44362	-101.09614
Old German Baptist Cemetery	48.29796	-101.12265
Our Saviors Lutheran Cemetery	48.5604	-102.13467
Rolling Green Cemetery	48.18306	-101.5658
Rose Hill Cemetery	48.68105	-102.07229
Rose Valley Cemetery	48.09069	-101.59851
Rosehill Cemetery	47.92702	-101.67074
Rosehill Memorial Park	48.22364	-101.28517
Saint Agnes Catholic Cemetery	48.68082	-102.07368
Saint Anthony Cemetery	48.49974	-101.87349
Saint Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery	47.97739	-101.80714
Saint Johns Cemetery	48.44215	-101.69911
Saint Marys Cemetery	48.3718	-101.55709
Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery	47.90585	-101.81884
Saint Peters Lutheran Cemetery	48.07291	-101.14405
Saron Lutheran Cemetery	48.09473	-101.31826
Sawyer Cemetery	48.11007	-101.0463
Skinner Cemetery	48.09106	-101.08137
Solem Cemetery	47.99389	-101.10009
Spring Lake Cemetery	47.92826	-101.42275
Spring Valley Lutheran Cemetery	48.0815	-101.87845
Spring Valley Mennonite Cemetery	48.59031	-102.08146
Sunset Memorial Gardens	48.29973	-101.29821
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery	48.3407	-101.25323
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery	47.86288	-101.49729
Wild Rose Cemetery	48.31868	-101.74926
Willis Cemetery	48.07402	-101.20887

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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