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Created from the western portion of Billings County by a favorable vote at the November 10 general election, although litigation delayed its official designation as a county until November 11, 1912. The name was probably chosen for the favorable image it projected although a Golden Valley Land and Cattle Co is known to have been a major land owner here in the early 1900's. Golden Valley County was established 11 Nov 1912 when voters chose to secede from Billings County. The name was after the fields of grass and wheat in the area.
County Seat: Beach
Area 1002 square miles.
2000 population -- 1,924.

Queries

Golden Valley County ND Queries

County & Regional Information Sources and Databases

• Golden Valley County Archives
  Includes:
  • Lone Tree Township 1920 Census Transcription
  • 1920 Census Images
  • 1930 Census Images
  • Populated Places
  • Townships
  • BLM Records
• Lone Tree Township 1910 Census Transcription
• 1920 Census Index
• 1930 Census Index
• Newspaper Extracts from the Beach Advance, 1908 - 1910 (Billings County -- before Golden Valley was created)
• NDACo: ND Counties: Golden Valley County Profile
• Clerk of Court
• Register of Deeds
• North Dakota Newspapers - Golden Valley County
• Golden Valley County Historical Society (Other listings as well)
• The Political Graveyard: Golden Valley County ND
• CI County InfoSystem - Golden Valley County North Dakota
• Golden Valley County Mailing List

State Resource & Database Sites

Rootsweb's Golden Valley Co. ND Resource Page
includes:

• Golden Valley County Calendar (Reunions, Family Gatherings, etc.)
• It also has WorldConnect Family Trees, SSDI, State Web Sites, Projects, Transcriptions, Primary Records, General Links, Classifieds, and a Guestbook.

Surname Resources

• Rootsweb Surname Boards
  For help with surnames, try the Rootsweb Surname Helper Search to search message boards and websites for your surname.
• RootsWeb Surname Email List Finder
• North Dakota Family Group Sheet Project

Maps

• County Location Map
• 1888 Territorial Map
• North Dakota -- 1895
• 1895 Atlas, North Dakota with county images and information on towns and cities
• North Dakota from the Library of the University of Texas at Austin
• Color Landform Atlas: North Dakota

  Can't find that place? Give these websites a try:

• U.S. Gazetteer
• USGS Mapping Information -- Data Base Query Form
• Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS - North Dakota
• TopoZone -- The Web's Topographical Map

Military

• North Dakota and WWI
• North Dakota and Korea
• North Dakota and Vietnam

Adjacent Counties

Lookup Volunteers

• North Dakota Genealogy Lookup Volunteers -- a webpage directory of genealogy volunteers
• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness -- North Dakota

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