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Burleigh County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 98,458, [1] making it the second most populous county in North Dakota. Its county seat is Bismarck, the state capital. [2] The county was named for Dakota Territory political figure Walter A. Burleigh.
Bismarck was founded by European-Americans in 1872 on the east bank of the Missouri River. It has been North Dakota's capital city since 1889, when the state was created from the Dakota Territory and admitted to the Union. [10] Bismarck is across the river from Mandan, named after a Native American tribe of the area. [11]
Counties of New York Location State of New York Number 62 Populations 5,082 (Hamilton) – 2,561,225 (Kings) Areas 33.77 square miles (87.5 km 2) (New York) – 2,821 square miles (7,310 km 2) (St. Lawrence) Government County government Subdivisions Cities, Towns, Indian Reservations Part of a series on Regions of New York Downstate New York New York City Long Island Hudson Valley (Lower ...
Bismarck–Mandan, colloquially referred to as BisMan, is the metropolitan area composed of Burleigh, Morton, and Oliver counties in the state of North Dakota. Its core cities, Bismarck and Mandan, are located on opposite sides of the upper Missouri River. Lincoln is a suburb located immediately south-east of Bismarck. The 2023 population of ...
Bismarck is the capital of the state of North Dakota, the county seat of Burleigh County, and the second most populous city in North Dakota after Fargo.The city was formed in 1872 as "Edwinton" after Edwin Ferry Johnson, a chief engineer for the Northern Pacific Railway company, when the railroad reached the eastern banks of the Missouri River.
Every county outside of New York City has a county seat, [12] which is the location of county government. [13] Nineteen counties operate under county charters, while 38 operate under the general provisions of the County Law. Although all counties have a certain latitude to govern themselves, "charter counties" are afforded greater home rule powers.
Rockland County is the southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York.It is part of the New York metropolitan area.As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population is 338,329, [4] making it the state's third-most densely populated county outside New York City after Nassau and neighboring Westchester counties.
Binghamton (/ ˈ b ɪ ŋ əm t ən / BING-əm-tən) is a city in the U.S. state of New York, and serves as the county seat of Broome County. [4] Surrounded by rolling hills, it lies in the state's Southern Tier region near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers. [5]