{"id":6762,"date":"2023-08-17T13:05:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T13:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=6762"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:02:22","slug":"rolette-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/rolette-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolette County, North Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rolette County is a county in North Dakota, United States, on the Canadian border along the base of the Turtle Mountains. It had a population of 12,187 at the 2020 census and covers 939 square miles (2,433 km2), centred near 48\u00b046\u2032N 99\u00b050\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Rolla is the county seat and its postal code is 58367. The county has 5 incorporated cities, 4 census-designated places and 3 unincorporated communities, grouped into 3 organized townships. It sits in the Central time zone and carries FIPS code 38079.<\/p>\n

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

Twelve named places appear on the map of Rolette County: 5 incorporated cities, 4 CDPs (unincorporated but census-tracked) and 3 unincorporated communities with no formal government. Belcourt, the tribal seat of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, is the county’s largest community even though it is a CDP rather than an incorporated city.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Rolla<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58367<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belcourt<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58316<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dunseith<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58329<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East Dunseith<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58329 (shared)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
St. John<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58369<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rolette<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58366<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mylo<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Green Acres<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shell Valley<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Agate<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n58310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kelvin<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nanson<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
San Haven<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thorne<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fonda<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

East Dunseith sits immediately outside Dunseith’s city limits and shares its ZIP code and much of its daily life; the two are effectively one built-up area split by incorporation status only.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Shell Valley<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nShell Valley CDP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Valley<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural farmland south of Rolla<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kohlmeier<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nrural farmland near the Bottineau County line<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n