Local Wiki
Barnes County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Aug 25, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of every month, 8:00 AM (exceptions observed in actual minutes)
- Meeting location
- Commission Chambers, Barnes County Courthouse, 230 4th St NW, Valley City, ND 58072
- County Auditor
- Julie Mindt · (701) 845-8500 Ext. 6666 · 230 4th St NW Room 202, Valley City, ND 58072-2947 · jmindt@barnescounty.us
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.barnescounty.us/index.php/meeting-minutes-2026/
- Board of County Commissioners
- Bill Carlblom (Chair) · Mike Schwehr · Peter (Pete) Paulson · Shawn Olauson · Vicky Lovell
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
Cities (14)
- Dazey
- Fingal
- Kathryn
- Leal
- Litchville
- Nome
- Oriska
- Pillsbury
- Rogers
- Sanborn
- Sibley
- Tower City
- Valley City
- Wimbledon
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024
School districts (2)
- Barnes County North 7
- Valley City 2
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Emergency services districts (17)
- DAZEY
- DAZEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- EDNA RURAL FIRE
- FINGAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- KATHRYN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- LITCHVILLE
- LITCHVILLE RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT
- NOME FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- ORISKA
- ROGERS
- SANBORN
- SANBORN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- SIBLEY
- TOWER CITY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- VALLEY CITY
- VALLEY CITY RURAL FIRE
- WIMBLEDON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Source: North Dakota GIS Hub Fire Districts layer, county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries
Water & utility districts (1)
- Barnes Rural Water District
Source: North Dakota GIS Hub Rural Water Districts layer, county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries