Welcome to Divide County, North Dakota

Divide County History

Divide County is located in the Northwest corner of North Dakota.

In 1873 Wallette Co in Dakota territory was created which included Divide Co, however, it was never organized due to a lack of settlers. In 1883 Wallette Co was divided into Buford and Flannery Counties. In 1891 they became Williams County. In 1910 Williams was divided into Williams and Divide County after a vote of the citizens

The population in 1911 was 6000 reaching a peak of 9627 in 1920. The population in 1997 was 2899.

The County seat is Crosby named for S.A. Crosby of Portal who first plotted the townsite.

Divide County Map

Divide County BLM Records

Divide County Library Crosby, N.D.

Hours 8:30 A.M. to 5 P.M. Monday -Friday 10 A.M. to 1 P.M. Saturday Phone 701-965-6305

The library has an excellent collection of Divide County newspapers on microfilm.

Alkabo Gazette 1915-1919
Ambrose Herald 1927-1936
Ambrose Newsman 1908-1914
Ambrose Tribune 1909-1921
Crosby Eagle 1907-1912
Crosby Review 1905-1919
Divide County farmers Press 1919-1946
Divide County Journal 1916-to present
Fortuna Leader 1914-1917
Kermit News 1907-1911
Kermit Republican 1906
Republican (Kermit, N.D. 1906-1907
Noonan Miner 1913-1957
Noonan Republican 1909-1912
Stady Leader 1909-1914
Westby News 1913-1922

The Divide County Library also has the notes and indexes from the following newspapers:
Divide County Journal 1916 - 1994   Five volumes
Divide County Farmers Press 1919 - 1946   One volume
Crosby Eagle 1905 - 1916   One volume
Crosby Review 1905 - 1919 One volume
Columbus Reporter 1908 - 1957 Two volumes
Portal International 1903 - 1928, 1930 - 1932, 1935 - 1936 One volume
Fortune Leader 1914-1919 One volume
Wildrose Mixer 1914- 1957 One volume
The Plainsman, Wildrose   1908 -1919 One volume
McGregor Herald, McGregor 1916- 1922 One volume

On request, the staff at the Divide County library will copy information from the above volumes and send on request. This excellent work was done by a private individual and only two copies were made, one for the Divide County Library and one for the Minot Public Library. These books contain, information on birth , death , marrages, public meetings, and other historical records. They are arranged by year and are in alphabetical order. It is one of the finest works that I have seen in gathering information from local newspapers.

The following are Divide County resources located at the Ward County Public Library, Minot, North Dakota
Phone 701-852-5388

Notes and Indexes of Deaths in the Divide County. These records are from the same source as the ones listed under the Divide County Library. The records are also from the same newspapers as listed under the Divide County Library.Census Records

Census Records

N.D. Census 1915 and 1925

United States Census for North Dakota 1900, 1910, 1920

Soundex for the 1900 North Dakota census

Vital Records for North Dakota

ND Public Death Index

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Last update July10, 2006