Lincoln is a city in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States.

It is a suburb of adjacent Bismarck, and also a core city of the Bismarck-Mandan Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Efforts to formerly organize a township and city under the name of Lincoln have persisted, including one in 1965.

Lincoln, along with eleven other sections of Apple Creek Township, entered the Bismarck Public School district through annexation in 1973.

Lincoln Elementary opened in 2014 – the first public school in the city.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.860 square miles (10.00 km2), all land.

14.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 541 housing units at an average density of 531.7 inhabitants per square mile (205.3/km2).

11.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[15] This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.