Foster County, North Dakota Area Information

Area Coordinator:  Area Coordinator Needed

Date Formed: 1883

County Seat: Carrington, 1883-present.

Cities, townships and historical communities:

CITIES: Barlow, Bordulac, Carrington, Glenfield, Grace City, Guptill, Juanita, Lemert, McHenry, Melville.  

TOWNSHIPS: Birtsell, Bordulac, Bucephalia, Carrington, Eastman, Estabrook, Florance, Glenfield, Haven, Larrabee, Longview, McHenry, McKinnon, Melville, Nordmore, Rolling Prairie, Rose Hill, Wyard.

Books (These books are available at GRHS headquarters)
1st Germantown Baptist Congregation, Madison, Dakota Territory 1884-1887, Carrington, Dakota Territory 1877 Church records  by 
Elaine Bauer.
25th Anniversary of cornerstone laying; dedication of Sunday School annex, Trinity Lutheran Church, Carrington, North Dakota  by R. S. Roesler.
A History of Foster County by Foster County History Book Committee. 
Carrington's Diamond Jubilee, 1883-1953: Carrington, North Dakota, July 17, 18, 19, souvenir program.
Cemeteries of Foster County North Dakota 
by George L. Barron (1997).
Cemeteries of North Dakota, Foster County  by Red River Valley Genealogy Society.

Cemeteries      [Some Indexes] City Township

Latitude

Longitude
Alexander Burials Fenced, abandoned Bordulac 47.2424N 98.5328W
Barlow Cemetery Barlow Estabrook 47.3450N 99.0807W
Carrington Cemetery Carrington Carrington 47.2753N 99.0728W
Eastman Free Methodist Cemetery Glenfield Eastman 47.2223N 98.3230W
German Baptist Church Cemetery    Melville Longview 47.2051N 99.1049W
Glenfield Cemetery Glenfield Glenfield 47.2659N 98.3114W
Grace City Cemetery Grace City Larabee 47.3447N 98.4754W
James River Brethren Cemetery Fenced, abandoned Haven 47.2637N 98.5036W
James River Norsk Lutheran Cemetery    Haven 47.2724N 98.4647W
Kvernes Lutheran Church Cemetery    Nordmore 47.2425N 98.5259W
Lentz Burials    Birtsell 47.3437N 99..0949W
McIntosh-Parker Burials Farmed over Haven 47.2920N 98.4596W
Melville Cemetery Melville Melville 47.2044N 99.0195W
Northern James River Lutheran Cemetery Grace City Larabee 47.3447N 98.4950W
Pleasant Valley SDA Cemetery Melville Longview 47.2123N 99.1327W
Riverdale/Longview Cemetery Fenced, abandoned Longview 47.2425N 99.1323W
Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery    Borulac 47.2424N 98.5259W
Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery McHenry McHenry 46.5628N 98.4267W
Wiltschko Burial Farmed over Birtsell   --   --

Census Records
1880 Images
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Churches

Bethel Chapel
70 Poplar Avenue South, Carrington, ND 58421
(701) 652-3026
Bethany Free Lutheran Church
410 Sullivan St., Binford, ND 58416
(701) 676-2670
Calvary Baptist Church
725 Main St., Carrington, ND 58421
(701) 652-2162
Dakota District Church of the Nazarene
6430 11th St. NW, Carrington, ND 58421
(701) 984-2376
Faith Baptist Church
585 2nd Ave. N, Carrington, ND 58421
(701) 652-2557
Glenfield Lutheran Church
224 School Ave., Glenfield, ND 58443
(701) 785-2219
Grace Lutheran Church
95 1st St. N, Carrington, ND 58421
(701) 652-2204
Grace Lutheran Church
711 2nd Ave., Grace City, ND 58445
(701) 674-3112
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
230 Wilsey St., McHenry, ND 58464
(701) 785-2117
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
663 1st St. S, Carrington, ND 58421
(701) 652-2518 
 Tri County Ministry
607 Whinery St., Binford, ND 58416
(701) 676-2761
Trinity Lutheran Church
607 Whinery St., Binford, ND 58416
(701) 676-2761
Trinity Lutheran Church
100 Poplar Ave. S, Carrington, ND 58421
(701) 652-2188
United Church of Christ
775 2nd St. N, Carrington, ND 58421
(701) 652-2288
                                  
  

 

 

  
Homesteader BLM  Records

Maps
1906 North Dakota

1921 North Dakota

Plat Maps
1929 Index

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Websites relating to Foster County:
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Wikipedia, Foster County, North Dakota


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