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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Eddy County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,385. Its county seat is New Rockford.
Eddy County was created by the 1885 territorial legislature from the northern half of Foster County and named for Ezra B. Eddy, a Fargo banker who had died a few weeks earlier. The county government was first organized on April 27, 1885; New Rockford has always been the county seat.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1885 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1885 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1885 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1885 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1887 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1889 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1890 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1890 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1890 | 1,377
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| 1900 | 3,330
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| 1910 | 4,800
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| 1920 | 6,493
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| 1930 | 6,346
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| 1940 | 5,741
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| 1950 | 5,372
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| 1960 | 4,936
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| 1970 | 4,103
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| 1980 | 3,554
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| 1990 | 2,951
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~ndeddy/
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