Category: Sioux County, North Dakota

Categories: North Dakota

Name: Sioux County, North Dakota
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Sioux County was created by proclamation of Governor Louis B. Hanna on September 3, 1914 and named after the Native Americans who live on the reservation. The county government was first organized on September 12, 1914. Its county seat is Fort Yates.
The county lies entirely within the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, forming the northernmost 30 percent of the reservation. (The balance of the reservation is in South Dakota). It is the only county in North Dakota that is entirely within an Indian reservation. Sioux County is included in the Bismarck, ND Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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