North Dakota — Config Review
Profile config
Judicial Regions8
Athletic Sections2
School Districts7
Concepts (12)
North Dakota
Local NameNorth Dakota
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameLegislative Assembly
Executive TitleGovernor
SubdivisionsCounties
Additional Subdivisions
Major CitiesFargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks, Minot
County
Local NameCounty
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBoard of County Commissioners
SubdivisionsCities
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
City
Local NameCity
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameCity Council
Executive TitleMayor
Governancestrong-mayor, council-manager
Governance Exceptions
Council-ManagerFargo, Bismarck, Mandan, Dickinson, Minot
SubdivisionsNo
Township
Local NameTownship
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameTownship Board
SubdivisionsNo
School District
Local NameSchool District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameBoard of Education
Regional Education Association
Local NameRegional Education Association
Local AbbrevREA
Has Active GovernmentYes
Default Body NameREA Board
Class
Local NameClass
Parent Org NameNDHSAA
Has Active GovernmentNo
House District
Local NameHouse District
Local AbbrevHD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Senate District
Local NameSenate District
Local AbbrevSD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Congressional District
Local NameCongressional District
Local AbbrevCD
Has Active GovernmentNo
Judicial District
Local NameJudicial District
Has Active GovernmentNo
Special District
Local NameSpecial District
Has Active GovernmentYes
Governance (2)
Council-Manager
Legislative CommitteesNo
Legislative DistrictsNo
Strong-Mayor
Legislative CommitteesYes
Committees LabelCommittees
Sources (5)
Counties
Urlhttps://ndgishub.nd.gov/arcgis/rest/services/All_GovtBoundaries/MapServer/20
ProviderND GIS Hub (state agencies)
TypeArcGIS REST MapServer
Noteverified 53 counties, exact match. Same MapServer also carries Cities (layer 6), Civil Townships (layer 3), and School Districts (layer 33) — see below.
Municipalities
Urlhttps://ndgishub.nd.gov/arcgis/rest/services/All_GovtBoundaries/MapServer/6
Providersame ND GIS Hub service, layer "City Boundaries"
TypeArcGIS REST MapServer
Noteverified 356 records. Civil Townships are a separate layer (3), fields COUNTYFIPS/NAME.
Field mapping (3)
CITY NAMEname
CITY IDjurisdiction_identifiers (scheme "nd_city_id")
CNTY SEATattributes.is_county_seat
School Districts
Urlhttps://ndgishub.nd.gov/arcgis/rest/services/All_GovtBoundaries/MapServer/33
Providersame ND GIS Hub service
TypeArcGIS REST MapServer
Noteverified 172 records. The REA assignment is embedded directly on each district record.
Field mapping (5)
(Name Field)name
DistrictID / FIPSIDjurisdiction_identifiers (scheme "nd_district_id")
CountyNameparent county
NCESIDjurisdiction_identifiers (scheme "nces")
REAStateID / REANameparent Regional Education Association — see educational_region below
Educational Region
Urlhttps://ndgishub.nd.gov/arcgis/rest/services/All_GovtBoundaries/MapServer/33
Providersame school-districts layer — REAName field is the best structured proxy; ndrea.org (confirmed live) is the human directory
Notendrea.org currently states 6 regional cooperatives (not the historical 7 — appears consolidated), serving 97% of ND public schools. No standalone GIS/API layer exists beyond the district-level REAName field.
Field mapping (1)
REANamename
Population
Statusnot yet ingested
Recommended SourceUS Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) — https://api.census.gov/data/{year}/pep/population — joins on the county FIPS from the counties source above.