North Dakota // Bismarck, ND // Midwest Region // Central/Mountain Time (The Peace Garden State)
Dakota Territory established:	March 2, 1861
Statehood granted:	November 2, 1889 // 39th state
North Dakota was formed out of land from the Louisiana Purchase (1803), and land from the British cession (1818).
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#4312 // April 16, 2010 (self-adhesive coil definitive) Flags of Our Nation Series North Dakota State Flag and herd of grazing elk	#1986 // April 14, 1982 (ex pane of 50 different stamps) State Bird & Flower of North Dakota Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) and Wild Prairie Rose	#1671 // February 23, 1976 (ex pane of 50 different stamps) American Bicentennial Series North Dakota State Flag

#858 // November 2, 1939 // Bismarck, ND 50th Anniversary of Statehood (North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington) Maps of the Anniversary State	#2403 // February 21, 1989 // Bismarck, ND North Dakota Statehood Centennial Grain Elevator on the Prairie

#3594 // April 4, 2002 (ex pane of 50 stamps, one for each state) Greetings from North Dakota Illustration of contemporary postcard in the style of the 1930s/1940s View North Dakota state quarter View North Dakota state map View North Dakota clock

	The state name "Dakota" is the Sioux Indian word for "friend". Find out more facts & trivia
	Land Area rounded mi2 [km2] 68,976 [178.647] ranked 17th	Population (census 2010) 672,591 ranked 48th	Population Density per mi2 [km2] of land area 10 [4] ranked 48th
	The State of North Dakota has 53 counties.
	North Dakota shares in the north on the 49th parallel a 310-mile-long (499 km) international border with the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan (SK) and Manitoba (MB).