Local Wiki
Richland 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
- County Courthouse Commission Room, 418 2nd Ave N, Wahpeton, ND 58075
- County Auditor
- Sandy Fossum · (701) 642-7700 · 418 2nd Ave. N, Wahpeton, ND 58075-4400 · sfossum@co.richland.nd.us
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.co.richland.nd.us/community/minutes/
- Board of County Commissioners
- Terry Goerger (Chairman) · Tim Campbell · Nathan Berseth · Rollie Ehlert · Perry Miller
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)
- Abercrombie
- Barney
- Christine
- Colfax
- Dwight
- Fairmount
- Great Bend
- Hankinson
- Lidgerwood (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Mantador
- Mooreton
- Wahpeton
- Walcott
- Wyndmere
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 (7)
- Earl 18
- Fairmount 18
- Hankinson 8
- Lidgerwood 28
- Richland 44
- Wahpeton 37
- Wyndmere 42
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Emergency services districts (15)
- ABERCROMBIE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- BARNEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- CHRISTINE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- DWIGHT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- FAIRMOUNT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- GREAT BEND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- HANKINSON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- LEONARD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- LIDGERWOOD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- MANTADOR FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- MOORETON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- MORRETON
- WAHPETON
- WALCOTT-COLFAX FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- WYNDMERE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Source: North Dakota GIS Hub Fire Districts layer, county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries
Water & utility districts (1)
- Southeast Water Users District - East
Source: North Dakota GIS Hub Rural Water Districts layer, county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries