Trails to the Past
Trails to the Past of North Dakota is excepting any donations of genealogy materials that you may have such as marriage announcements, news articles, old obituaries, births, (you do not need the birth certificate) just the information, and biographies. If you have any of these items please contact me Marie Miller the North Dakota State Administrator
The county was created by the 1874-1875 territorial legislature and was named for William Henry Harrison Mercer, an early rancher who settled north of Bismarck in 1869. The county government was first organized on August 4, 1884; Stanton has always been the county seat.
The cities of Mercer County are those of Beulah, Golden Valley, Hazen, Pick City, Stanton, and Zap.
Adjacent Counties
McLean County (north)
Oliver County (east)
Morton County (south)
Stark County (southwest)
Dunn County (west)
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