Editing Burleigh County, North Dakota (section)

==History==
The county was created on January 4, 1873, by the [[Dakota Territory]] legislature, annexing territory from Buffalo County. Burleigh was not organized at that time, but the organization was effected on July 16, 1873.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dakota Territory, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Individual County Chronologies |url=https://publications.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/DAKs_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm |website=publications.newberry.org |publisher=The [[Newberry Library]] |date=2006 |access-date=April 28, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=County History |url=https://www.nd.gov/government/state-government/county-history |website=www.nd.gov |publisher=State of North Dakota |access-date=April 28, 2025}}</ref> Its boundaries were altered in 1879, 1881, 1883, and twice in 1885.