Stark County, North Dakota Genealogy

United States North Dakota Stark County  Stark County, North Dakota genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

County Courthouse
Clerk District Court has birth and death records from 1898, burial records, divorce and court records from 1887 and naturalization records 1887-1963; Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
10 Feb 1879: Stark County created from the Dakota Territory.

Boundary Changes
9 Mar 1883: old Dunn and Hettinger Counties set off.

13 March 1885: Adams County set off.

1897: Absorbed old Dunn County.

1905: new McKenzie County set off.

1908: Dunn County set off.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Populated Places
Dickinson Lefor

Neighboring Counties
Billings | Dunn | Grant | Hettinger | Mercer | Morton | Slope

Cemeteries
Cemetery transcriptions for cemeteries in Stark County, providing name, date of birth, and date of death where available.

Census

 * 1880
 * 1885
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1915
 * 1920
 * 1925
 * 1930

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1800 – 1985 North Dakota and South Dakota Wills and Probate Records 1800-1985 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Societies and Libraries
Stark County Historical Society PO Box 146 Dickinson, ND 58602-0146 Telephone Number: 701-456-6225

Family History Centers

 * Dickinson North Dakota Family History Center

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Stark County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Stark County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)