Burlington Map
Burlington is a city in Ward County, North Dakota in the United States. Burlington was founded in 1883, having been third in a series that included two earlier settlements. Despite this, Burlington is still the oldest city in Ward County, as well as north-western and north central North Dakota. In 1885, as it was the only city in the then-newly formed Imperial Ward County (now split into Ward, Renville, Mountrail, and Burke counties), it was given the county seat, a position it held until 1888. The population was 1,060 at the 2010 census.
Burlington is part of the Minot Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Burlington is located on the Drift Prairie of north central North Dakota at 48°16?39?N 101°25?40?W / 48.277475°N 101.427694°W / 48.277475; -101.427694 (48.277475, -101.427694), directly next to the confluence of the Des Lacs and the Souris Rivers, in Burlington Township, North Dakota, and Kirkelie Township, North Dakota. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), all of it land.
Nearby cities include Surrey, Berthold, Carpio, Glenburn, Des Lacs.