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Mercer 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.

Mercer County, North Dakota
Map
Location in the state of North Dakota
Location of North Dakota in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 14, 1875
County Seat	Stanton
Courthouse
Address	Mercer County Courthouse 1021 Arthur Street Stanton, ND 58571 Phone: 701.745.3262 Mercer County Website

County Courthouse

 

Clerk District Court has birth, death and burial records from 1942,
marriage records from 1894, divorce and court records from 1906
and probate record from 1898; Register of Deeds has land records;
State Archives has naturalization records^[1]

History

Parent County

1875--Mercer County was created 14 January 1875 from unorganized territory. County seat: Stanton ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Indian Reservation

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

Neighboring Counties

Dunn | McLean | Morton | Oliver | Stark

Resources

Cemeteries

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

Census

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

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the North Dakota Vital Records State Department of Health or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred.

Societies and Libraries

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.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Mercer County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Mercer County, North Dakota. Page 525 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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