Mountrail County, North Dakota Genealogy

United States North Dakota  Mountrail County

Mountrail 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
Mountrail County Courthouse PO Box 69; Stanley, ND 58784-0069 Phone: 701.628.2915 Clerk District Court has birth, marriage, death, divorce, probate, court and naturalization records from 1909, military discharge records from 1919 and incomplte burial records; Register of Deeds has land records

Parent County
1873--Mountrail County was created 4 January 1873 from Buffalo (Old) County. The county was annexed to Ward County in 1891 and eliminated 30 November 1892. The county was then recreated 29 January 1909. County seat: Stanley

Indian Reservation
A portion of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation is located in Mountrail County. The remainder of the reservation is in McKenzie, Dunn, Mercer, and Ward Counties.

Neighboring Counties
Burke | Dunn | McKenzie | McLean | Ward | Williams

Cemeteries

 * Moslem Cemetery, Ross BillionGraves

Census

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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