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Morton 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.

Morton County, North Dakota
Map
Location in the state of North Dakota
Location of North Dakota in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 8, 1873
County Seat	Mandan
Courthouse
Address	Morton County Courthouse 210 2nd Ave NW Mandan, ND 58554 Phone: 701.667.3355 Morton County Website

County Courthouse

Clerk District Court has birth records.  Court has birth records from 1883,
marriage records from 1888, death records from 1873, burial records from 1943,
divorce and probate records from 1900’s and court records from late 1800’s;
Register of Deeds has land records from late 1800’s^[1]

History

Parent County

1873--Morton County was created 8 January 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Mandan ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Burleigh | Emmons | Grant | Mercer | Oliver | Sioux | Stark

Resources

Cemeteries

Cemetery transcriptions for cemeteries in Morton 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 

Flasher and surrounding communities

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
• Morton County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Morton 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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