Grant

Formed November 7, 1916 (53^rd county)

Grant County (2,302), Carson (254), Elgin (542)   

A light tan brick Modern building was constructed in 1980.  It is at the intersection of 2^nd Avenue and Grant Street.  North Dakota State Highway 21 is six blocks southwest of the site.  Don D. Jiran is the building architect.  The current courthouse replaced a wooden 1916 one.  Veteran memorials are in front of the courthouse.  Grant County was created on November 7, 1916 as the 53^rd and last county with Carson as the only county seat.  The county is named for Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant.  The county seat is named for Frank Carter and Simon Pederson, settlers. 

Grant County government consists of a recorder, a sheriff, an attorney, and a treasurer (executive).  It has 3 Commissioners (legislative.)  Seven District Court Judges serve Grant, Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Sheridan, and Sioux counties and a court clerk serves Grant County (judicial.)  Grant County is on the southern border of North Dakota.  Bismarck, North Dakota is northeast and Fargo, North Dakota is east of the county.  The county center is 2.2 miles South of Carson.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Morton, Sioux, Adams, Hettinger, and Stark counties. 

The area of the county is 1660 square miles.  It is 12 out of 53 in the state.  It ranks 41 out of 53 in population in the state.  It has a density of 1.4 persons per square mile making it 50 out of 53 in the state.  Grant County has 45.1% of its population in its incorporated areas.  There are no Interstates or United States Highways in the county.  The county is shaped like a rocking chair.  Carson is located in the western third of the county.  Elgin is near the western border of the county.  Carson is the county seat and Elgin is the largest city.  Carson is 11.0% of the county population while Elgin is 23.5% of county population.

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