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McKenzie County, North Dakota
McKenzie County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,360.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/38/38053.html )〕 Its county seat is Watford City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕
McKenzie County was first created by the March 8, 1883 Dakota Territory legislature but eliminated in 1891 due to a lack of settlement. The county was then recreated by the 1905 state legislature, with the county government first organizing on April 20, 1905.〔 The name comes from early North Dakota politician Alexander McKenzie. Before becoming Watford City, the county seat was Alexander from 1905 to 1907 and Schafer from 1907 to 1941.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nd.gov/content.htm?parentCatID=83&id=County%20History )〕
==Geography==
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.5%) is water. It is the largest county in North Dakota by area.
The McKenzie County landscape features a wide diversity of physical features, ranging from sugarbeet fields bordering the Missouri River at the northwest corner of the county to rugged badlands near the Little Missouri River in the south, where Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the Little Missouri National Grassland are located. Between the two rivers is a large area of prairie, ranging from gentle rolling terrain to rocky, rugged pastures. The southeast corner of the county, bordering on the Little Missouri badlands of neighboring Dunn County, is abundant in wildlife, quaking aspen groves, and bur oak groves, interspersed in places with western red cedar on the north-facing slopes of the badlands.
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