Emmons County, North Dakota Area Information

Area Coordinator:  Gayla Aspenleiter and Heather Landsmesser

Date Formed: 1879

County Seat: Williamsport - 1883-1899; Linton - 1899 - present

Cities, townships and historical communities:
*Armstrong, Braddock, Buchanan Valley (township), Burr Oak (township), Campbell (township), Cherry Grove (township),*Daken, *Dale, Dana, *Danbury, Emmonsburg (historical community), Gayton (township), Glanavon (township), Glencoe (historical community), Grassna, Hague, Harding, Hazelton, Hull, Kintyre, *Kuntz, Lincoln (township), Linton, Livona, Logan (township), McCulley, Milnor, Prairie View, Strasburg, Templeton, *Temvik, Tell (township), Tirsbol, Westfield, Williamsport (township and historical community), Winchester (historical community), Winona (township & historical community), and Wood. See Histories of Emmons County Towns.
* represents ghost town 

Articles: Name

Type

 Source
A Brief History Of The People And Parish of Saints Peter and Paul Church, Strasburg, ND History NDSU Library
Dale, North Dakota Post Office, Dale Methodist Church (Sabbath School) History Albert Becker

Emmons County ND

History

Heritage Review #19, 1977, pg 22

Emmons County ND - St Aloysius Church

Church

Heritage Review #11-2, 1981, pg 52

Emmons County ND - Townships

Map

Heritage Review #25, 1979, pg. 5

Emmons County ND - Townships

Map

Heritage Review #14-1, 1984, pg. 8

Emmons County ND Early Churches

Church

Heritage Review #25, 1979, pg. 4
Holy Trinity Catholic Church Krasna, Emmons County, North Dakota History NDSU Library

Linton, ND Peace Lutheran Church Confirmation Pictures

Church

GDO Newsletter 3-2, pg. 7

Linton, North Dakota - GDO Deaths

Obits

GDO Newsletter 3-1, pg. 5

Linton, ND

   

Heritage Review #19, 1977, pg 22

Linton, ND - Lutheran

Church

Heritage Review #13-1, 1983, pg. 41

Linton, ND - St. Bernard RC

Church

Heritage Review # 13-1, 1983, pg. 41
Recollections from the Homestead at Sand Creek, Emmons County, ND History Martha Schindler Neff

Strassburg, ND

    

Heritage Review #5/6, 1973, pg. 28

Strassburg, ND - St. Maria RC

Church

Heritage Review #16-1, 1986, pg. 41

Strassburg, ND - St Peter & St Paul

Church

Heritage Review #20-4, 1990, pg. 20

Temvik, ND - Sand Creek Evangelical 

Church

Heritage Review, 17-3, pg. 36

Books (These books are available at GRHS headquarters)
Emmons Co ND 1900 Census
Emmons County Cemetery by Ronald Kremer
Emmons County History 1976 by E Woods & E Wenzel
Emmons County North Dakota Various Cemetery Records
Emmons County North Dakota History 1976 Surname Index by T J Schmierer
Emmons County North Dakota Atlas 1916
1985 select obituaries: The Emmons County Record, The Mandan News, The Napoleon Homestead by Sandy Spurgin
70th anniversary, First Baptist Church, Linton, North Dakota
A comprehensive index to "a collection of obituaries from Campbell County, S.D. and southwestern Emmons County, N.D. 1888-1988 by Bob Dale" by Sandra L. Petersen
Diamond jubilee: 75th anniversary of Kintyre, North Dakota
Emmons County history: compiled for the bicentennial, 1976 by Ellen Woods
Hague area book II: the past 100 years and its people by Katie Wald
Hazelton centennial history book, 1903-2003
History of Hague by Harold Kocher
History of St. Mary's Catholic Church and the town of Hague, North Dakota by Katie Wald
Strasburg centennial history book by Mary Wald
Strasburg diamond jubilee: 75 years of progress, 1901-1975: July1, 2, 3, 4, 1976 by Adeline Schwab

These books are owned by Gayla Gray and she is willing to do look-ups for GRHS members:
    Blest Beyond Measure, 75th Anniversary Peace Lutheran Church 1908-1983, Linton, North Dakota
    To God Be the Glory, 100th Anniversary Peace Lutheran Church 1899-1999, Linton, North Dakota
    SS. Peter and Paul’s Parish, Centennial Book 1889-1989, Strasburg, North Dakota
    Braddock (North Dakota) Centennial Book, 1884-1984
    Buchanan (North Dakota) Past and Present
    Kintyre (ND) Centennial Book, 1904-2004
    A Collection of Obituaries from Campbell County, SD and southwestern Emmons County, ND 1888-1988

Cemeteries (Index) Locations on a Map
Bethlehem Cemetery Linton
Beaver Creek Cemetery Linton Vicinity
Blessed Trinity Cemetery Linton Vicinity
Braddock Cemetery Braddock
Dale Cemetery Pollock NW
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Rural
Fredenthal Baptist Cemetery Linton Vicinity
Fredrich Merkle Cemetery Hazelton NW
Freidens Lutheran Cemetery Zeeland NW
Gimble Cemetery Hazelton NW
Glencoe Cemetery Rural
Hazelton Cemetery Hazelton
Hull Cemetery Westfield
Kintyre Cemetery Kintyre
Linton Cemetery Linton
Marie Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Braddock
Martins Cemetery Rohrich Dam
Omio Cemetery Rohrich Dam
Peace Lutheran Cemetery Linton vicinity
Reform Cemetery Strasburg
Sacred Heart Cemetery Senger Lake North
St. Aloysius Cemetery Rural
St. Anthonys Cemetery Rural Linton
St. Johns Cemetery 15 miles NW of Linton
St. Joseph Cemetery Schell Buttes SW
St. Katherine Cemetery Braddock
St. Marys Cemetery (abandoned) Hague
St. Marys Cemetery (active) Hague
St. Marys Catholic Hague
St. Paul Catholic Cemetery Hazelton
Sand Creek Cemetery Temvik
Strasburg Pilgrim Home Cemetery Strasburg
Tell Cemetery Schell Buttes NW
Temvik Cemetery Temvik
Westfield Cemetery Westfield
Winchester Cemetery Hazelton SW

Census Records
 1880 Index
1900 Index
1900 Images    
1910 Index A-K and L-Z
1910 Images
1920 Images
1930 Images

Churches    
First Baptist Church
318 North Broadway Street, Linton, ND 58552 		Full Gospel Assembly of God
7895 7th Avenue Southeast, Linton, ND 58552 		Peace Lutheran Church
200 Northeast 5th Street, Linton, ND 58552
St Anthony Catholic Church
613 North Broadway Street, Linton, ND 58552 		St Paul Catholic Church
372 Harold Street, Hazelton, ND 58544 		Saint Peter & Paul Parish Office
505 North 2nd Street, Strasburg, ND 58573
United Methodist Church
419 North Broadway Street, Linton, ND 58552 		   

Homesteader BLM  Records

Photographs

Maps
 1895 Plat Map
1916 Plat Map Index
1906 North Dakota State Map
1921 North Dakota State Map

Newspapers
Braddock (Historical)
Emmons County Record - http://www.ecrecord.com/index.4d (Online)
Hazelton (Historical)
Linton (Historical)
Strasburg (Historical)
Williamsport (Historical)
Wiona (Historical)

Obituaries
 Emmons County Record

Search the Letter Archives for Towns in Emmons County

Websites relating to Emmons County:
Emmons County US GenWeb Project
Wikipedia/Emmons County, North Dakota

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