Editing Mandan, North Dakota (section)

===Governmental institutions===
As the seat of Morton County, all major governmental service offices are in Mandan, including the courthouse. Morton County employs about 170 people, the majority residing in Mandan. The City of Mandan offices include facilities to house approximately 140 people.<ref name="Major Employers">{{cite web|url = http://bmda.org/about/major-employers/|title = Major Employers|website = Bismarck-Mandan Developmental Association|access-date = July 25, 2018}}</ref>

In August 1912, Congress passed a bill to establish the Northern Great Plains Research Station. Ground was broken in September 1913. It remains the country's second-largest federal dry land experimental station. [[Dryland farming]] in all of its phases is carried on at the station, as well as the development of new grains and fruits. The station employs approximately 20 people, including doctorate-level professionals.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.ars.usda.gov/plains-area/mandan-nd/ngprl/|title = Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory: Mandan, ND|website = Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory|publisher = US Department of Agriculture|access-date = July 4, 2018}}</ref>

The North Dakota Youth Correctional Center maintains custody of up to 107 youth committed to its care by the Juvenile Courts. Operated by the State of North Dakota, the campus includes four cottages, administration and education facilities, a gymnasium with an indoor swimming pool, a chapel and a cafeteria. Until 1947 the facility, then called the State Training School, also served as an orphanage, especially for the children of incarcerated criminals. But other orphaned children, typically by accidents, were also assigned there.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://mandanhistory.org/arealandmarks/youthcorrectionalcenter.html|title = Youth Correctional Center|website = Mandanhistory.org|publisher = Mandan Historical Society|access-date = July 4, 2018}}</ref>