Bottineau County
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county in North Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- Founded
- January 4, 1873 (created), July 17, 1884 (organized)
- Named after
- Pierre Bottineau
- Seat
- Bottineau
- Largest city
- Bottineau
- Total
- 1,697.696 sq mi (4,397.01 km )
- Land
- 1,668.858 sq mi (4,322.32 km )
- Water
- 28.838 sq mi (74.69 km ) 1.70%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,284
- Density
- 3.831/sq mi (1.479/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- bottineauco.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Dakota
- Contains
- Bottineau
- Capital
- Bottineau
- Population
- 6379
- Area
- 4397
- Shares border with
- Rolette County
- Official website
- www.bottineau.com
- Image
- Customs house in Antler, North Dakota, alternate view.jpg
- Households
- 2876
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- topic's main category
- Category:Bottineau County, North Dakota
- different from
- Bottineau
- water as percent of area
- 1.7
- native label
- Bottineau County
- inception
- 1873-01-04
- Commons category
- Bottineau County, North Dakota
- per capita income
- 37339
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Encyclopedic overview
Bottineau County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,379. and was estimated to be 6,284 in 2025. The county seat and the largest city is Bottineau. Bottineau County has several lakes, predominantly in the north and east of the county. Bottineau County is home to Lake Metagoshe & Lake Metagoshe State Park, which is located in the north section of the county.
The Territorial legislature identified Bottineau as being one of the original counties of the territory on January 4, 1873. It was created on July 17, 1884. It is named for Pierre Bottineau (c.1814-1895), a Métis pioneer, hunter, and trapper who became a successful land speculator.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bottineau County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.