Blog · October 14, 2026 · North Dakota
The Dunn County Plat Book and the online parcel map
For land near New Hradec, plat books show ownership by township; the parcel viewer shows it today.
Main page: Dunn County, ND GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, county facts and neighboring maps).
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Looking for a Dunn County plat book? It's a printed atlas of landownership, usually by township, useful for farms near Hirschville. Covered here for Dunn County: what's in a plat book, where to find editions, and the free online map that stays current.
Tracking down a Dunn County plat book
For land near Dodge, a plat book is a privately published atlas, with owner names on each tract, often organized by township.
Pulling up a parcel
Begin with the Dunn County Portico map; it includes each assessed parcel around Halliday and Twin Buttes. Around Twin Buttes, enter a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, and the viewer zooms to the match. For property near Twin Buttes, save the parcel ID from that panel; every records desk in the county uses it to find the file.
Editions and availability
Editions come and go depending on publishers, try the county extension office, recorder's office or library near New Hradec.
Offices that can help
Anything recorded against property around Dunn Center are with the County Recorder, often with an online index. Building or septic questions for a lot near Dodge go to planning, building or health offices, town or county, depending on location.
Dunn County in a few facts
Manning is the county seat, home to the main records offices. You'll also find Dodge, Dunn Center, Halliday, and Killdeer, where town lots give way to larger tracts. Roughly 4,019 people live in Dunn County (Census Bureau estimate, 2023) spread over some 2,008 square miles. The county was formed in 1883, and some chains of title near Killdeer are long. Features like Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge are easy to spot when you zoom out.
Current ownership online
Between printed editions, the Dunn County Portico map shows current owners, for tracts near Marshall.
Legal descriptions in North Dakota
North Dakota uses the Public Land Survey System, so rural legal descriptions near Manning cite section, township and range. A standard section is about one square mile, roughly 640 acres, with 36 sections to a township, though real sections near Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge vary in size. Keep the legal description for land near Dunn Center before you request a deed or survey.
Who uses plat books
Farmers, hunters and appraisers near Dodge use plat books for a big-picture view of who owns what.
Printing your own
Print parcel views near New Hradec township by township to build your own up-to-date atlas.
Not the same thing
In and around Marshall, don't confuse the atlas with a recorded subdivision plat: the recorded plat at the County Recorder is a legal document, and the atlas is just a guide.
Using it on a phone
Most viewers work in a phone browser, which helps when you're standing on land near Dodge, but coverage can be spotty out of town. A saved image of the lot near Dodge and its lines keeps working without signal.
Limits of the parcel data
For land near Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge, the acreage figure is an assessed number; only a licensed surveyor sets the real boundary on the ground. On ground around Marshall, owner names and values update on a schedule, so a deed recorded last month may not show yet.
Next door to the county for land near Killdeer.
The county meets Billings County, McKenzie County, McLean County, Mercer County, and Mountrail County; every one of them runs a separate parcel map for land near Manning. A tract near the line by Marshall may be split across two assessors' files, so check the neighboring map as well. For acreage around Marshall, the Platbookmapper state page links every bordering county map across North Dakota.
The paper trail behind a parcel
For land near Twin Buttes, the map is an index, not the title: deeds, subdivision plats and easements for parcels in the county are kept by the County Recorder. With a lot near Dunn Center, use the book and page listed on the parcel record and the lookup takes minutes.
Quick answers
Should I use the Dunn County Portico map instead?
It depends, but the county Portico map is free and updated more often, at least around Manning.
Are old plat books online for land near Dunn Center?
In most cases, state archives near Manning may have copies; call ahead.
Why does the plat book differ from the deed around New Hradec?
Short answer: atlas drawings near Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge are simplified.
Is a plat book the same as a recorded plat around Killdeer?
For a tract near Hirschville, a plat book is a privately published atlas.
How do I save a parcel from the viewer for land near Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge?
In and around Killdeer, use the print button or a screenshot; downloads of raw data vary by county.
Open the official Dunn County, ND parcel map See it in the Platbookmapper directory
Not a survey. County GIS and tax parcel maps are assessment and planning layers. They are not a substitute for a recorded plat, deed, or licensed survey, especially for fences, setbacks, or boundary disputes.