Barnes County
Sign in to saveAlso known as Barnes County, North Dakota, Burbank County, Burbank County, North Dakota, Barnes County, ND
county in North Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- Founded
- January 4, 1873 (created as Burbank), January 14, 1875 (renamed as Barnes), August 5, 1878 (organized)
- Named after
- Judge Alanson H. Barnes
- Seat
- Valley City
- Largest city
- Valley City
- Total
- 1,513.404 sq mi (3,919.70 km )
- Land
- 1,491.559 sq mi (3,863.12 km )
- Water
- 21.845 sq mi (56.58 km ) 1.44%
- Estimate 2025
- 10,573
- Density
- 7.239/sq mi (2.795/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- barnescounty.us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Dakota
- Contains
- Valley City
- Capital
- Valley City
- Population
- 10853
- Area
- 3919
- Shares border with
- Stutsman County
- Headquarters
- Valley City
- Official website
- www.barnescounty.us
- Image
- Barnes County Courthouse 2009.jpg
- Households
- 5039
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- water as percent of area
- 1.4
- Commons category
- Barnes County, North Dakota
- topic's main category
- Category:Barnes County, North Dakota
- inception
- 1873-01-04
- native label
- Burbank County
- different from
- Barnes
- per capita income
- 34334
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Encyclopedic overview
Barnes County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,853, and was estimated to be 10,573 in 2025, The county seat and the largest city is Valley City.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barnes County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.