Sibley is a city in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2), all land.

[6] Sibley was created by Eddie and Edythe Hagglund beginning in 1954, when they observed the popularity of the nearby Lake Ashtabula and decided that a hamburger restaurant would be profitable.

Therefore, they purchased some land near the lake and began to erect buildings: a dance hall, the restaurant, and many others.

The city was incorporated after a dispute with authorities of Sibley Trail Township: although the Hagglunds wanted a liquor license, the township authorities would not grant one, so the Hagglunds incorporated the city.

It was named after Henry Hastings Sibley, a general and the first Governor of Minnesota.

In the 1970s, the Hagglunds sold the majority of the city to others, keeping the core businesses.