![]() ![]() ![]() The county has a total area of 1,912 square miles (4,950 km 2), of which 1,874 square miles (4,850 km 2) is land and 38 square miles (98 km 2) (2.0%) is water. The terrain slopes to the north and east, with its highest point on the west boundary line near the southwest corner, at 2,156 ft (657 m) ASL. The county terrain consists of rolling hills, partly devoted to agriculture (including limited use of center pivot irrigation). The Wintering River drains the southern part of the county. The Souris River loops through the county before turning north to its eventual discharge into Lake Winnipeg. In 1886 the designation was again moved, to Towner, which has remained the seat to the present time (the two former sites are now ghost towns). In 1885 this designation was moved to Scriptown. When the county was organized in 1884, Villard was named as county seat. It has retained its present boundaries since 1892. ![]() ![]() The county boundaries were altered in 1885, 1887, 1891, and in 1892. The county organization was effected on October 15, 1884. The county government was not organized at that time, nor was the county attached to another county for administrative and judicial purposes. It was named for James McHenry, an early settler of Vermillion (in present South Dakota). The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on January 4, 1873, with territory annexed from Bottineau County. McHenry County is part of the Minot, ND Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,345. ![]()
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