[2] Ward County is part of the Minot, ND Micropolitan Statistical Area.

[6] One of the options reportedly considered around this time was to create a fifth county, Lake, with Kenmare as its seat.

The county terrain consists of low rolling hills, dotted with ponds and lakes in its southern part, and carved by drainage gullies.

[7] The terrain slopes to the east and north, with its highest point near the southwest corner, at 2,175 ft (663 m) ASL.

In terms of ancestry, 44.4% were German, 30.8% were Norwegian, 11.6% were Irish, 5.7% were English, and 2.3% were American.

The Democratic Party presidential candidate has only won the county once since 1944, during Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide victory in 1964.

In 2024, Donald Trump received 72.3% of the vote in this county, the highest for any candidate since Theodore Roosevelt.