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North Dakota – 39th state of the United States, having been admitted to the union on November 2, 1889. The state capital is Bismarck , and the most populous city is Fargo . North Dakota is the 19th most extensive , but the 4th least populous , and the 4th least densely populated of the 50 United States .
There are 53 counties in the U.S. state of North Dakota. The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify states and counties, is provided with each entry. [1] North Dakota's code is 38, which when combined with any county code would be written as 38XXX.
North Dakota (/ d ə ˈ k oʊ t ə / ⓘ də-KOH-tə) [5] is a landlocked U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux.It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south, and Montana to the west.
Map of the United States with North Dakota highlighted. North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern United States. All incorporated communities in North Dakota are considered cities, regardless of population; there are no towns, villages, or hamlets in the state. There are 355 municipalities.
Shot within the North Dakota section of the Great Plains where a small population of Moose can be found. [1] The geography of North Dakota consists of three major geographic regions: in the east is the Red River Valley, west of this, the Missouri Plateau. The southwestern part of North Dakota is covered by the Great Plains, accentuated by the ...
The Bank of North Dakota: An Experiment in State Ownership. (1989). 185 pp. Lamar, Howard R. Dakota Territory, 1861-1889: A Study of Frontier Politics (1956). Lounsberry, Clement A. Early history of North Dakota, (1919) anexcellent history by the editor of the Bismarck Tribune; 645pp online edition; Lysengen, Janet Daley and Rathke, Ann M., eds.
On February 22, 1889, outgoing President Cleveland signed an omnibus bill that divided the Territory of Dakota in half. North Dakota and South Dakota became states simultaneously on November 2, 1889. [22] President Harrison had the papers shuffled to obscure which one was signed first and the order went unrecorded. [23]