Local Wiki
Mountrail County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Aug 25, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- 1st and 3rd Tuesday, 9:00 AM (inferred from an actual agenda PDF)
- Meeting location
- Mountrail County Courthouse, Commissioner Room, 101 N Main St, Stanley, ND 58784
- County Auditor
- Stephanie A Pappa · (701) 628-2145 · PO Box 69, Stanley, ND 58784-0069 · stephp@co.mountrail.nd.us
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.co.mountrail.nd.us/pages/county-commissioners
- Board of County Commissioners
- Jason Rice · Joan Hollekim · John DeGroot · Trudy Ruland · Wayne Olson
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 (7)
- New Town
- Palermo
- Parshall
- Plaza (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Ross
- Stanley (official website, opens in a new tab)
- White Earth
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
School districts (3)
- New Town 1
- Parshall 3
- Stanley 2
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Emergency services districts (6)
- NEW TOWN
- NEW TOWN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- PARSHALL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- PLAZA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- STANLEY
- STANLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Source: North Dakota GIS Hub Fire Districts layer, county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries
Water & utility districts (1)
- R&T Water District
Source: North Dakota GIS Hub Rural Water Districts layer, county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries