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Cando (/ ˈ k æ n d uː / KAN-doo) is a city in Towner County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Towner County. [ 5 ] The population was 1,117 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ]
The Towner County Courthouse in Cando, North Dakota is a historic Queen Anne-style building that was built in 1898. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1] It is a four-story wheat-colored brick building upon a cut stone foundation.
The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on March 8, 1883, with areas partitioned from Cavalier and Rolette counties. It was named for Oscar M. Towner (1842–1897), a businessman and member of the 15th territorial legislature.
The Bisbee-Engeland School immediately closed with all students sent to Cando. In Cando, the vote succeeded with 351 approving and 10 disapproving. [ 3 ] In October 2007 people in the Bisbee-Egeland district voted to consolidate with 189 for and 16 against.
North Star School District No. 10 is a school district headquartered in Cando, North Dakota. It operates North Star Public School. Within Towner County it includes Cando, Bisbee, and Egeland. [2] It also includes sections in Benson, [3] Pierce, [4] Ramsey, [5] and Rolette counties. [6]
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. The Centennial Anthology of "North Dakota History: Journal of the Northern Plains." (1996). 526 pp. articles from state history journal covering all major topics in the state's history
Its school district is North Star Schools in Cando. [12] It was a part of the Bisbee School District until 1980, when it became part of the Bisbee-Egeland School District. In 2008 that district closed and consolidated into Cando schools. [13]
North Dakota Highway 17 (ND 17) is a 140.372-mile-long (225.907 km) east–west highway stretching from just east of Barton to the Minnesota border at the Red River of the North. It is 139 miles in length and its alignment was established in 1939.