Editing Oliver County, North Dakota (section)

==Geography==
The northeastern/eastern boundary of Oliver County is delineated by the [[Missouri River]] as it flows southeastward after leaving [[Lake Sakakawea]]. The county terrain consists of rolling hills, mostly devoted to agriculture.<ref name="OCND">{{Cite web |title=Oliver County · North Dakota |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Oliver+County,+ND/@47.1231134,-101.5409034,60360m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x52d81e99ffc99d8b:0xad817742485fe6d3!8m2!3d47.1217918!4d-101.342985 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Google Maps |language=en}}</ref> The terrain slopes to the east, with the highest point a hill near its southwestern corner, at {{convert|2,382|ft|m|abbr=on}} ASL.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm |title="Find an Altitude/Oliver County ND"  Google Maps (accessed February 26, 2019) |access-date=February 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521043409/https://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm |archive-date=May 21, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The county has a total area of {{convert|731|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|723|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|8.7|sqmi}} (1.2%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_38.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 1, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129045530/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_38.txt|archive-date=January 29, 2015}}</ref> It is the fifth-smallest county in North Dakota by area.

By sheer coincidence, the county seat, [[Center, North Dakota|Center]], named for being near the geographical center of the county, has also been calculated to be the geographic center of North America.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hsu|first1=Charlotte|title=Where’s the center of North America? Geographer’s new method finds a new answer|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170104104212.htm|website=Science Daily|publisher=Science Daily|access-date=January 12, 2017}}</ref>

===Major highways===
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* [[Image:ND-25 (2015).svg|25px]] [[North Dakota Highway 25]]
* [[Image:ND-31 (2015).svg|25px]] [[North Dakota Highway 31]]
* [[Image:ND-48 (2015).svg|25px]] [[North Dakota Highway 48]]
* [[Image:ND-200A (2015).svg|25px]] [[North Dakota Highway 200 Alternate|North Dakota Highway 200A]]
* [[Image:ND-1806 (2015).svg|25px]] [[North Dakota Highway 1806]]
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===Adjacent counties===
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* [[McLean County, North Dakota|McLean County]] - northeast
* [[Burleigh County, North Dakota|Burleigh County]] - east
* [[Morton County, North Dakota|Morton County]] - south
* [[Mercer County, North Dakota|Mercer County]] - northwest
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===Protected areas===
* Cross Ranch State Park<ref name=OCND/>

===Lakes===
* Mandan Lake<ref name=OCND/>
* Nelson Lake<ref name=OCND/>