Editing Forman, North Dakota (section)

==History==
Forman was founded in 1883 by Cornelius Forman. In 1886, the county seat was transferred to Forman from [[Milnor, North Dakota|Minor]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA836 |title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States |publisher=Routledge |date=May 13, 2013 |accessdate=November 30, 2013 |author=Hellmann, Paul T. |pages=836 |isbn=978-1135948597}}</ref>

Until 1967, Forman was the only ''town'' in North Dakota, as all other incorporated communities were either villages or cities. It had become so by a special legal process.<ref>1957 Census of Governments Vol. 1 1957 p. 61</ref> In that year it became a city, because the state legislature declared that all incorporated communities were to be cities without distinction of rank.<ref>Laws Passed at the Session of the Legislative Assembly of North Dakota 1967 p. 763</ref>