Local Wiki
Nelson County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Aug 25, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- Not yet on file — help complete this page.
- Meeting location
- 210 B Ave W, Lakota, ND 58344
- County Auditor
- Nathan Parks · (701) 247-2463 · 210 B Ave W, Ste 201, Lakota, ND 58344-7410 · naparks@nd.gov
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.nelsonco.org/government/county_commission/agendas_minutes.php
- Board of County Commissioners
- Cody Johnson (Chairman) · Aaron Mork (Vice Chair) · Cameron Swenson · Doug Flaagan · Michael Haugland
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)
- Aneta
- Lakota
- McVille (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Michigan City
- Pekin
- Petersburg
- Tolna
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 (2)
- Dakota Prairie 1
- Lakota 66
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Emergency services districts (8)
- ANETA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- DAHLEN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- LAKOTA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- MCVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- MICHIGAN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- PEKIN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- PETERSBURG FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- TOLNA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Source: North Dakota GIS Hub Fire Districts layer, county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries