Local Wiki
Ward County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Aug 25, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, 9:00 AM
- Meeting location
- Commissioner's Chambers, 225 Third St. SE, Minot, ND 58701
- County Auditor
- Marisa Haman · (701) 857-6420 · PO Box 5005, Minot, ND 58702-5005 · marhaman@wardnd.gov
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.co.ward.nd.us/AgendaCenter/Board-of-Ward-County-Commissioners-Meeti-1
- Board of County Commissioners
- John Fjeldahl (Chair) · Jim Rostad (Vice Chair) · Miranda Schuler · Ron Merritt · Jason Olson
Other Local Government Here
Local government is layered — cities, counties, school districts, and special districts are separate, overlapping governments. Most residents are covered by several at once, and more may exist here than are listed below.
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)
- Berthold
- Burlington
- Carpio
- Des Lacs
- Donnybrook
- Douglas
- Kenmare
- Makoti
- Ryder
- Sawyer
- Surrey (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 (9)
- Kenmare 28
- Lewis and Clark 161
- Minot 1
- Minot Afb 160
- Nedrose 4
- Sawyer 16
- South Prairie 70
- Surrey 41
- United 7
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Emergency services districts (14)
- BERTHOLD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- BURLINGTON RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT
- DEERING FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- DES LACS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- DONNYBROOK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- DOUGLAS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- KENAMARE
- KENMARE RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT
- MINOT
- MINOT AIR FORCE BASE
- MINOT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- RYDER-MAKOTI FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- SAWYER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
- SURREY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Source: North Dakota GIS Hub Fire Districts layer, county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries
Water & utility districts (1)
- North Prairie Rural Water District
Source: North Dakota GIS Hub Rural Water Districts layer, county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries