Editing Cavalier County, North Dakota

{{Short description|County in North Dakota, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Cavalier County
 | state                = North Dakota
 | seal                 = 
 | ex image             = Cavalier County Courthouse.jpg
 | ex image cap         = Cavalier County Courthouse
 | founded              = 1873 (created)<br />1884 (organized)
 | seat wl              = Langdon
 | largest city wl      = Langdon
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 1510
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 1489
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 21
 | area percentage      = 1.4
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 3704
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2022
 | population_est       = 3597 {{decrease}}
 | population_density_sq_mi = auto
 | time zone            = Central
 | web                  = https://cavaliercounty.us/
 | district             = At-large
 | named for            = Fur trapper and explorer Charles Cavalier
}}

'''Cavalier County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[North Dakota]]. It is south of the [[Canada–United States border|Canada–US border]] with [[Manitoba]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 3,704.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cavaliercountynorthdakota/PST045222 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 4, 2023}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Langdon, North Dakota|Langdon]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a County |url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 |access-date=June 7, 2011 |publisher=[[National Association of Counties]]}}</ref>
There is also a city named Cavalier but it is not located in Cavalier county. The city of [[Cavalier, North Dakota|Cavalier]] is the county seat of [[Pembina County, North Dakota|Pembina County]], west of Cavalier county.

==History==
The [[Dakota Territory]] legislature created Cavalier County on January 4, 1873, with territory annexed from [[Pembina County, North Dakota|Pembina County]], but did not organize the county government structure at that time. It was named for Charles Cavileer (or Cavalier)<ref>[https://apps.nd.gov/doh/certificates/deathCertSearch.htm ND Certificate of Death for Charles Cavalier, died August 4, 1902 in Pembina County (accessed February 16, 2019)]</ref> of Pembina, an early settler.<ref>Cavaleer or Cavalier was a fur trader, customs agent and postmaster. [{{cite book|last=North Dakota Secretary of State|title=North Dakota Centennial Blue Book|publisher=North Dakota Legislative Assembly|year=1989|location=Bismarck|page=484|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HZKEOgAACAAJ}}] There is no explanation for the difference in the spelling; one placename historian suspects it was an attempt to [[Gallicize]], or make the name appear [[French people|French]].[{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Mary Ann (Barnes)|title=Origins of North Dakota Place Names|publisher=Bismarck Tribune, 1966|location=Bismarck|page=221|year=1966|oclc=431626}}]</ref>

The county organization was effected on July 8, 1884. Its boundaries were altered in 1883 and in 1887.<ref name=dakota/><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 2, 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>

After petitioning the Territorial Governor for permission to organize the county, Patrick McHugh, W. Hudson Matthews, and L.C. Noracong met on July 8, 1884. On July 26 the new county officials met for the second time and chose Noracong as chairman of the board with William H. Doyle and Matthews as Commissioners. The first Register of Deeds and County Clerk was McHugh. W.J. Mooney became the first Judge of Probate, Charles B. Nelson was the first Cavalier County Supt. of Schools, and Clarence Hawkes the first sheriff.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} Cavalier took its current form in 1887 after the Territorial Legislature authorized an increase in size by taking a portion from Pembina County. The expansion added 15 new townships to the county.<ref name=dakota>{{cite web|url=http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/North_Dakota/documents/DAKs_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111113432/http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/North_Dakota/documents/DAKs_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 11, 2007|title=Dakota Territory, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Individual County Chronologies|access-date=February 16, 2019|last=Long|first=John H.|year=2006|work=Dakota Territory Atlas of Historical County Boundaries|publisher=The [[Newberry Library]]}}</ref>

A site for a county seat was selected at the second meeting; it was named [[Langdon, North Dakota|Langdon]], for Robert Bruce Langdon of Minnesota, an official with the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railroad]]. Langdon never visited the town, but reportedly donated a bell for the local school.<ref name=wick>{{cite book|author=Wick, Douglas A.|title=North Dakota Place Names|year=1988| publisher=Hedemarken Collectibles|location=Bismarck|page=109|isbn=0-9620968-0-6|oclc=191277027}}</ref>

The first court house was built in 1884 at a cost of $360.00. It was used briefly and then abandoned for warmer and more centrally located quarters in a downtown bank. A large brick court house was built in 1895 on the present site at a contract cost of $9,099.00. This building served county officials until the current court house was constructed in 1957–58.<ref>[http://cavaliercounty.us/ Cavalier County (website)]</ref>

===Cavalier County Historical Society===
Established after 1969 - The Holy Trinity Church at Dresden, ND became the cornerstone of the County museum. It now houses local historic artifacts and landmarks.

The Holy Trinity Church at Dresden replaced two previous wooden structures that both burned. The present structure was erected in 1936, built out of fieldstone collected by the local parishioners. An architect from Minneapolis, Fabian Redmond, designed the building. A stonemason from Rugby ND, Edroy Patterson, directed volunteer workers.

Assisting in the building of the church were Andrew Bachman-head carpenter, Alphonse Hiltner, Stanley Koehmstedt and William Geisen.

==Geography==
Cavalier County is located on the north edge of North Dakota. Its north boundary line abuts the south boundary line of [[Canada]]. The [[Pembina River (Manitoba – North Dakota)|Pembina River]] enters from [[Manitoba]] and flows southeasterly through the eastern part of the county, exiting near the SE corner. The county terrain consists of rolling hills, dotted with lakes and ponds in the western part.<ref name=CCND>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cavalier+County,+ND/@48.66656,-98.7222177,84910m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x52c3137a5ac87643:0x1cd1b691ab1fede8!8m2!3d48.8103752!4d-98.4781106 ''Cavalier County ND''  Google Maps (accessed February 16, 2019)]</ref> The terrain slopes to the east, with its highest point near the midpoint of the south boundary line at {{convert|1,644|ft|m|abbr=on}} ASL.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm |title="Find an Altitude/Cavalier County ND"  Google Maps (accessed February 16, 2019) |access-date=February 17, 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|1510|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1489|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|21|sqmi}} (1.4%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_38.txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129045530/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_38.txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 29, 2015|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 28, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

===Major highways===
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* [[File:ND-1 (2015).svg|25px]] [[North Dakota Highway 1]]
* [[File:ND-5 (2015).svg|25px]] [[North Dakota Highway 5]]
* [[File:ND-20 (2015).svg|25px]] [[North Dakota Highway 20]]
* [[File:ND-66 (2015).svg|25px]] [[North Dakota Highway 66]]
{{div col end}}

===Adjacent counties and rural municipalities===
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* [[Municipality of Louise|Municipality of Louise, Manitoba]] (north)
* [[Municipality of Pembina|Municipality of Pembina, Manitoba]] (north)
* [[Rural Municipality of Stanley|Rural Municipality of Stanley, Manitoba]] (north)
* [[Pembina County, North Dakota|Pembina County]] (east)
* [[Walsh County, North Dakota|Walsh County]] (southeast)
* [[Ramsey County, North Dakota|Ramsey County]] (south)
* [[Towner County, North Dakota|Towner County]] (west)
{{div col end}}

===Lakes===
* Rush Lake
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 6471
|1900= 12580
|1910= 15659
|1920= 15555
|1930= 14554
|1940= 13923
|1950= 11840
|1960= 10064
|1970= 8213
|1980= 7636
|1990= 6064
|2000= 4831
|2010= 3993
|2020= 3704
|estyear=2022
|estimate=3597
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2022">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|access-date=April 4, 2023}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref><br/>1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/nd190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref><br/>1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}

===2020 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2020, there were 3,704.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 3,993 people, 1,818 households, and 1,142 families in the county. The population density was {{convert|2.7|PD/sqmi}}. There were 2,309 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1.6|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup of the county was 97.7% white, 0.9% American Indian, 0.2% Asian, 0.1% black or African American, 0.2% from other races, and 0.8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 0.6% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 44.5% were [[Germans|German]], 28.8% were [[Norwegians|Norwegian]], 10.8% were [[Americans|American]], 5.8% were [[Irish people|Irish]], 5.7% were [[Swedes|Swedish]], and 5.4% were [[English people|English]].

Of the 1,818 households, 21.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.7% were married couples living together, 4.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 37.2% were non-families, and 34.2% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.74. The median age was 50.3 years.

The median income for a household in the county was $48,786 and the median income for a family was $57,066. Males had a median income of $41,885 versus $26,914 for females. The per capita income for the county was $26,468. About 6.1% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.8% of those under age 18 and 10.8% of those age 65 or over.

===Population by decade===
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==Communities==
===Cities===
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* [[Alsen, North Dakota|Alsen]]
* [[Calio, North Dakota|Calio]]
* [[Calvin, North Dakota|Calvin]]
* [[Hannah, North Dakota|Hannah]]
* [[Langdon, North Dakota|Langdon]] (county seat)
* [[Loma, North Dakota|Loma]]
* [[Milton, North Dakota|Milton]]
* [[Munich, North Dakota|Munich]]
* [[Nekoma, North Dakota|Nekoma]]
* [[Osnabrock, North Dakota|Osnabrock]]
* [[Sarles, North Dakota|Sarles]] (partly in [[Towner County, North Dakota|Towner County]])
* [[Wales, North Dakota|Wales]]
{{div col end}}

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col}}
* [[Clyde, North Dakota|Clyde]]
* [[Dresden, North Dakota|Dresden]]
* Easby
* [[Hove Mobile Park, North Dakota|Hove Mobile Park]]
* [[Maida, North Dakota|Maida]]
* [[Mount Carmel, North Dakota|Mount Carmel]]
* [[Olga, North Dakota|Olga]]
{{div col end}}
* Union
* Vang
* Weaver
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===Townships===
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* Alma
* Banner
* Billings
* Bruce
* Byron
* Cypress
* Dresden
* Easby
* East Alma
* Elgin
* Fremont
* Glenila
* Gordon
* Grey
* Harvey
* Hay
* Henderson
* Hope
* Huron
* Langdon
* Linden
* Loam
* Manilla
* Minto
* Montrose
* Moscow
* Mount Carmel
* Nekoma
* North Loma
* North Olga
* Osford
* Osnabrock
* Perry
* Seivert
* South Dresden
* South Olga
* Storlie
* Trier
* Waterloo
* West Hope
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==Politics==
Cavalier County voters have been reliably Republican for several decades. In only one national election since 1964 has the county selected the Democratic Party candidate (as of 2024).
{{PresHead|place=Cavalier County, North Dakota|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Atlas of US Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|1,461|491|35|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|1,499|474|47|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|1,357|476|173|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|1,195|818|56|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|1,128|930|72|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|1,522|887|35|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,513|618|240|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|1,188|941|354|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|1,527|866|733|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,096|1,333|28|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,661|1,110|33|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,582|1,105|290|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,046|2,178|76|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,898|1,867|59|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,953|1,631|257|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,417|2,810|4|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,430|2,312|1|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,450|1,836|9|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,519|1,496|37|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,864|2,198|96|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|2,011|2,274|23|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|2,845|2,757|16|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,657|3,533|619|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,471|3,770|44|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,068|2,510|14|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,428|539|1,476|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,936|981|52|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,502|1,149|76|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|561|932|838|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,528|1,190|57|North Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,664|771|57|North Dakota}}
{{PresFoot|1900|Republican|1,361|1,211|79|North Dakota}}

==See also==
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in North Dakota#Cavalier County|National Register of Historic Places listings in Cavalier County, North Dakota]]

==External links==
* [https://cavaliercounty.us/ Cavalier County official website]
* [http://museumatdresden.wordpress.com/ Cavalier County Museum]
* [http://digitalhorizonsonline.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/ndsl-books/id/35053 History of Olga, North Dakota and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church : 1882-1982] from the [http://digitalhorizonsonline.org/ Digital Horizons website]
* Cavalier County maps, [https://www.dot.nd.gov/docs/maps/base-maps/counties/cavalier_sheet1.pdf Sheet 1] (eastern) and [https://www.dot.nd.gov/docs/maps/base-maps/counties/cavalier_sheet2.pdf Sheet 2] (western), ''North Dakota DOT''

==References==
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{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Cavalier County, North Dakota
|North     = [[Municipality of Louise]] / [[Municipality of Pembina]] / [[Rural Municipality of Stanley]], [[Manitoba]] {{flagicon|Canada}}
|East      = [[Pembina County, North Dakota|Pembina County]]
|Southeast = [[Walsh County, North Dakota|Walsh County]]
|South     = [[Ramsey County, North Dakota|Ramsey County]]
|West      = [[Towner County, North Dakota|Towner County]]
}}

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