Editing Walsh County, North Dakota (section)

==History==
The [[Dakota Territory]] legislature created the county on May 2, 1881, with areas partitioned from [[Grand Forks County, North Dakota|Grand]] and [[Pembina County, North Dakota|Pembina]] counties. It was organized on August 30 of that same year, with Grafton as county seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nd.gov/content.htm?parentCatID=83&id=County%20History|title=County History|work=North Dakota.gov|publisher=The State of North Dakota|access-date=February 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202151843/http://www.nd.gov/content.htm?parentCatID=83&id=County%20History|archive-date=February 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/DAKs_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|title=Dakota Territory, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Individual County Chronologies|work=Dakota Territory Atlas of Historical County Boundaries|publisher=The [[Newberry Library]]|date=2006|access-date=February 4, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402202102/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/DAKs_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was named for [[George H. Walsh]] (1845–1913), a newspaperman and politician in [[Grand Forks, North Dakota|Grand Forks]].

In 1946, Walsh County was the site of one of North Dakota's deadliest tornadoes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Jackson |first=William |title=North Dakota Tornadoes Twisters & Cyclones |publisher=Vally Star Publications |year=2024 |isbn=979-8-89480-378-4 |location=Dickinson, ND |publication-date=2024 |pages=27}}</ref>  The storm killed 11 people, including eight in Walsh County, one in Manitoba, and two in Minnesota.<ref name=":0" />

[[File:Map of Walsh County, N.D., 1910.jpg|thumb|Outline map of Walsh County, North Dakota, 1910]]