Place:Mercer, North Dakota, United States

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NameMercer
Alt namesMercersource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates47.35°N 101.85°W
Located inNorth Dakota, United States     (1875 - )
See alsoDunn, North Dakota, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Williams, North Dakota, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Williams, North Dakota, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Beulah
Golden Valley
Hazen
Pick City
Stanton
Truax
Zap
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,424. Its county seat is Stanton.

The county was created by the 1874-1875 territorial legislature and was named for William Henry Harrison Mercer (1884–1901), an early rancher who settled north of Bismarck in 1869. The county government was first organized on August 4, 1884; Stanton has always been the county seat.

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Date Event Source
1875 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1875 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1875 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1875 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1885 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1890 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1910 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
1890 428
1900 1,778
1910 4,747
1920 8,224
1930 9,516
1940 9,611
1950 8,686
1960 6,805
1970 6,175
1980 9,404
1990 9,808
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www.rootsweb.com/~ndmercer/

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