McHenry County, North Dakota Totally Explained

Everything about Mchenry County North Dakota totally explained

McHenry County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of 2000, the population is 5,987. Its county seat is Towner.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,912 square miles (4,951 km²), of which, 1,874 square miles (4,854 km²) of it's land and 38 square miles (97 km²) of it (1.97%) is water.

Townships

Anamoose
Balfour
Bantry
Berwick
Bjornson
Brown
Cottonwood Lake
Deep River
Deering
Denbigh
Egg Creek
Falsen
Gilmore
Granville
Grilley
Hendrickson

Karlsruhe

Kottke Valley

Lake George

Lake Hester

Land

Layton

Lebanon

Little Deep

Meadow

Mouse River

Newport

Normal

North Prairie

Norwich

Odin

Olivia

Pratt

Riga

Rose Hill

Round Lake

Saline

Schiller

Spring Grove

Strege

Velva

Verendrye

Villard

Voltaire

Wagar

Willow Creek

Major highways

U.S. Highway 2

U.S. Highway 52

North Dakota Highway 14

North Dakota Highway 19

North Dakota Highway 41

North Dakota Highway 53

North Dakota Highway 97

Adjacent counties

Bottineau County (north)

Pierce County (east)

Sheridan County (southeast)

McLean County (southwest)

Ward County (west)

Renville County (northwest)

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 5,987 people, 2,526 households, and 1,699 families residing in the county. The population density was 3 people per square mile (1/km²). There were 2,983 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.73% White, 0.08% Black or African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.03% Asian, 0.05% from other races, and 0.70% from two or more races. 0.40% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 45.4% were of German and 34.0% Norwegian ancestry according to Census 2000.
   There were 2,526 households out of which 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.2% were married couples living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.92.
   In the county the population was spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 103.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.0 males.
   The median income for a household in the county was $27,274, and the median income for a family was $35,676. Males had a median income of $25,740 versus $18,505 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,140. About 12.0% of families and 15.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.5% of those under age 18 and 16.8% of those age 65 or over.

Places

Cities

Anamoose

Balfour

Bantry

Bergen

Deering

Drake

Granville

Karlsruhe

Kief

Towner

Upham

Velva

Voltaire Note: all incorporated communities in North Dakota are called "cities" regardless of their size.

Unincorporated communities

Norwich

Verendre

Notable people

Sondre Norheim - pioneer of modern skiing Further Information

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