McHenry County is a county in North Dakota, United States, in the north-central part of the state. It had a population of 5,345 at the 2020 census and covers 1,911.5 square miles (4,950.8 km2) of land and water, centred near 48°14′N 100°38′W.<\/p>\n
Towner is the county seat, and its postal code is 58788. The county holds 12 incorporated cities plus a scatter of unincorporated communities, and it runs on Central time.<\/p>\n
McHenry County has 12 incorporated cities, led by Velva, and more than a dozen small unincorporated places and rural post-office communities that survive from the county’s homestead era. The table below lists both; population and ZIP are given where verified, otherwise marked —.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velva<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 58790<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Towner<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 58788<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Anamoose<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 58710<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Balfour<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 58712<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bergen<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Deering<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 58731<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Drake<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 58736<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Granville<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 58741<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Karlsruhe<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 58744<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kief<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Upham<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 58789<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Voltaire<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 58792<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bantry<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 58713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Norwich<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 58768<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Berwick<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cole Ford<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Denbigh<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Funston<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Genoa<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Guthrie<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kongsberg<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Milroy<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rangeley<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Riga<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rising<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Simcoe<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Verendrye<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Most of the unincorporated places on this list are 19th-century rail sidings or homestead post offices that never grew past a grain elevator and a handful of houses; several, including Cole Ford, Genoa and Rising, have no standing population today and survive only as named locations on county maps.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nBergen and Kief use a neighboring town’s ZIP code, and the smaller unincorporated communities are served by whichever post office is closest rather than a ZIP code of their own.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nMcHenry County sits on the drift prairie of north-central North Dakota, a rolling landscape of glacial till dotted with sloughs and shallow lakes; roughly 2 percent of the county’s area is water. Six counties share its border: Bottineau County to the north, Pierce County<\/a> to the east, Sheridan County<\/a> to the southeast, McLean County<\/a> to the southwest, Ward County to the west, and Renville County<\/a> to the northwest.<\/p>\n McHenry County had 5,345 residents at the 2020 census, spread across a land area of 1,873.9 square miles for a density of roughly 3 people per square mile — one of the more sparsely populated counties in the state. Velva is the largest community, followed by Towner, the county seat. Census-tract income data specific to McHenry County was not verified for this profile; statewide, the North Dakota median household income was $76,525 (2023 ACS).<\/p>\n Agriculture drives the county’s economy — small grains, canola and cattle on the surrounding drift-prairie farmland — supplemented by grain elevators and farm-service businesses in Velva, Towner, Granville and Drake. Velva is home to Velva Public School and sits along U.S. Highway 52, giving it the county’s strongest retail and service base.<\/p>\n McHenry County was created by the Dakota Territory legislature on January 4, 1873, and organized on October 15, 1884. Like most of north-central North Dakota, it was settled from the 1880s through the early 1900s by homesteaders, including a substantial number of Norwegian and German-Russian immigrant families, whose place names — Karlsruhe, Kongsberg — still mark the county today. Many of the smaller communities on today’s map began as railroad sidings and lost population through the 20th century as farms consolidated.<\/p>\n U.S. Highway 52 runs through Velva and Towner, and ND Highway 14 and ND Highway 41 cross the county’s smaller towns.<\/p>\n The nearest commercial airport is Minot International Airport (MOT).<\/p>\n Where is McHenry County, North Dakota?<\/strong> What is the population of McHenry County?<\/strong> How big is McHenry County?<\/strong> What is the McHenry County seat?<\/strong> How many towns are in McHenry County?<\/strong> |