Local Wiki
Ramsey County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Aug 25, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- 1st Tuesday of every month, 8:00 AM; 3rd Tuesday of every month, 5:30 PM (reschedules to the following Wednesday if a holiday)
- Meeting location
- County Courthouse, Commissioners Room, 524 4th Avenue NE, Devils Lake, ND 58301
- County Auditor
- Kandy Christopherson · (701) 662-7025 · 524 4th Avenue NE Unit 6, Devils Lake, ND 58301-2490 · kchristo@nd.gov
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.ramseycountynd.gov/AgendaCenter
- Board of County Commissioners
- Blaine Volk (Chairman) · Jeff Frith · Ed Brown · Paul Wilhelmi · Bill Hodous
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)
- Brocket
- Crary
- Devils Lake (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Edmore
- Hampden
- Lawton
- Starkweather
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)
- Devils Lake 1
- Edmore 2
- Starkweather 44
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Emergency services districts (7)
- BROCKET-LAWTON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- DEVILS LAKE
- DEVILS LAKE RURAL FIRE
- EDMORE
- EDMORE RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT
- HAMPDEN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- STARKWEATHER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Source: North Dakota GIS Hub Fire Districts layer, county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries
Water & utility districts (1)
- Greater Ramsey Water District
Source: North Dakota GIS Hub Rural Water Districts layer, county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries