{"id":6722,"date":"2023-08-14T11:34:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=6722"},"modified":"2026-08-21T16:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:17:32","slug":"hettinger-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/hettinger-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Hettinger County, North Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hettinger County is a county in North Dakota, United States, on the state’s southwestern border with Montana-adjacent Slope County. It had a population of 2,489 at the 2020 census and covers 1,133.8 square miles (2,936 km2) centred near 46°26′N 102°27′W.<\/p>\n

Mott is the county seat, and its postal code is 58646. The county has 3 incorporated cities and 2 unincorporated communities, spread across more than two dozen organized townships. Hettinger County lies in the Mountain time zone.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Hettinger County<\/h2>\n

Hettinger County has 5 named places on record: 3 incorporated cities (including the county seat) and 2 unincorporated communities. New England is the county’s largest city; the rest are small farm-service towns strung along ND Highway 21.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Mott<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58646<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New England<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58647<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Regent<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58650<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bentley<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burt<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The old page’s list also carried “Havelock” and “Watrous” as settlements. Havelock and Watrous are historic rural post-office names that no longer appear as active places in the county’s current gazetteer entries, so they are omitted here pending independent verification.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n