Sargent County, North Dakota

Sargent County
County
Sargent County Courthouse
Location within the U.S. state of North Dakota
North Dakota's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 46°07′N 97°38′W / 46.11°N 97.63°W / 46.11; -97.63
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
Founded	April 9, 1883 (created) October 8, 1883 (organized)[1]
Named for	H. E. Sargent
Seat	Forman
Largest city	Gwinner
Area
• Total	867 sq mi (2,250 km2)
• Land	859 sq mi (2,220 km2)
• Water	8.4 sq mi (22 km2)  1.0%
Population  (2020)
• Total	3,862
• Estimate  (2022)	3,795
• Density	4.5/sq mi (1.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	At-large
Website	www.sargentnd.com

Sargent County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. Its county seat is Forman,^[2] and its most populous city is Gwinner. The county is named in honor of Homer E. Sargent, a 19th-century general manager of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. The county spans an agricultural region between the James River and Red River valleys in southeastern North Dakota dotted with various sloughs, lakes, and hills.

As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,862.^[3] It is the 29th-most populous county in North Dakota, and was the original home of the Bobcat Company, a manufacturer of farm and construction equipment that still produces a large number of skid-steer loaders at its facility in Gwinner.