Barnes County at a glance
Barnes County is one of 53 county-level areas in North Dakota. Its 1,491.6 square miles of land place it at position 15 among those areas by land size. Including 21.8 square miles of water, its mapped total area is approximately 1,513.4 square miles.
| Full Census name | Barnes County |
|---|---|
| State | North Dakota |
| FIPS / GEOID | 38003 |
| Boundary vintage | 2025 |
| Outline source scale | 1:500,000 |
Counties along the boundary
These county-level areas share a line segment with Barnes County in the Census cartographic boundary dataset. Select one to continue exploring.
- Cass CountyNorth Dakota
- Griggs CountyNorth Dakota
- LaMoure CountyNorth Dakota
- Ransom CountyNorth Dakota
- Steele CountyNorth Dakota
- Stutsman CountyNorth Dakota
Using this map
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Roads, topography, and aerial imagery are available in the interactive background viewer. Those backgrounds have their own dates and sources; the red boundary overlay follows the 2025 Census geography.
Sources and precision
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. The county outline uses the 1:500,000 file; location maps and interactive overlays use 1:5,000,000. Areas come from ALAND and AWATER, converted to square miles and rounded to one decimal place. Neighbor links are calculated from shared boundary segments, not from point-only contacts. Generalized maps are for geographic reference, not parcel or legal boundary determination. Full methodology.