Local Wiki
Pembina County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Aug 25, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month, 9:00 AM (inferred from actual meeting dates)
- Meeting location
- Farmer's Room, 301 Dakota St W, Cavalier, ND 58220
- County Auditor
- Melissa Gapp · (701) 265-4231 · 301 Dakota St W Unit 1, Cavalier, ND 58220-4100 · gappmelissa@nd.gov
- Agendas posted at
- https://pembinacountynd.gov/document-library/browse-downloads/
- Board of County Commissioners
- Patrick Hardy (District 2, Chair) · Andrew Cull (District 1) · Darin Otto (District 3) · Scot Becker (District 4) · Blaine Papenfuss (District 5)
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 (11)
- Bathgate
- Canton City (Hensel)
- Cavalier (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Crystal
- Drayton
- Hamilton
- Mountain
- Neche
- Pembina
- St. Thomas
- Walhalla (official website, opens in a new tab)
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 (4)
- Cavalier 6
- Drayton 19
- North Border 100
- Valley-edinburg 118
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Emergency services districts (11)
- BATHGATE
- CAVALIER
- CAVALIER RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT
- CRYSTAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- DRAYTON
- DRAYTON RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT
- MOUNTAIN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- NECHE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- PEMBINA FIRE DEPARTMENT
- ST THOMAS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- WALHALLA
Source: North Dakota GIS Hub Fire Districts layer, county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries