North Dakota Facts:

Statehood: November 2, 1889

Population:  642,200

Total area of North Dakota: 70704 square miles
    Land area: 68994 square miles
    Water area: 1710 square miles (and increasing due to flooding)

Border States:  Minnesota to the east, Montana to the west, South Dakota to the south,  and Canada to the north

Capital: Bismarck
Current Governor: John Hoeven (R)

Agriculture: Sugar beets, wheat, cattle, barley, sunflowers, milk.
Major Industries: Food processing, truck accessories, tonneau covers and truck bed covers, running boards and nerf bars, machinery, mining, tourism, fishing and hunting.

Bird: Western Meadowlark
Flower: Wild Prairie Rose "Rosa arkansana"
Tree: American Elm "Ulmus americana"

Highest Point: White Butte; 3,506 feet

Lowest Point: Red River; 750 feet

Geographic Center: Sheridan, 5 miles southwest of McClusky
North Dakota also hosts the geographical center of North America in Rugby, ND

Topography: Central lowlands in the east comprises the flat Red River Valley and the rolling drift prairie; Missouri plateau of the Great Plains in the west. The Southwestern portion of the State hosts the North Dakota Badlands.


Largest Cities: Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks, Minot, Mandan, Dickinson, Jamestown, West Fargo, Williston, Wahpeton,

State motto: Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable.

Nickname: Peace Garden State / Flickertail State / Roughrider State


Websites of interest:
North Dakota Fishing
Minnesota Fishing
Minnesota Resorts
Ice Fishing