Notice!!

We would like to begin collecting a little of the history of the towns and people of Mercer County. If you would like to volunteer to write an article about a particular town, person, or family, please email Linda Ziemann. Articles of any length will be accepted. You will receive full credit for your contribution, and the satisfaction of knowing you made a worthwhile contribution to your fellow Mercer researchers.

The territorial legislature created Mercer in 1874-75. It was named for an early rancher, William Henry Harrison Mercer (1884-1901), who settled north of Bismarck in 1869.
Government organized: August 4, 1884.
County Seat: Stanton, 1884-present.
Area 1041 square miles.
2000 population -- 10,000.