Maps and Border Changes   IN/ON HETTINGER WAS PART OF ... CLICK THE MAP 1789 Louisiana Colony (Spain) 1803 Louisiana Territory (Louisiana Purchase) 1812 Missouri Territory 1854 Nebraska Territory 1861 Dakota Territory 1879   1880   09 Mar 1883 Hettinger created by Dakota Territory in present North Dakota from Stark; Hettinger not fully organized, not attached.    10 Mar 1885 Hettinger lost to Villard (extinct).  18 Feb 1887 Hettinger lost to Morton.    1888   02 Nov 1889 Hettinger became a county in the state of North Dakota.    02 Mar 1891 The North Dakota Legislature approved legislation to annex Hettinger County into neighboring Stark County, but the law was vetoed by Governor Eli C. D. Shortridge.   1895   03 Nov 1896 Hettinger lost all territory to Stark; Hettinger eliminated. Act was overturned by the North Dakota Supreme Court, 24 May 1901.   24 May 1901 Hettinger re-created from Stark when the North Dakota Supreme Court overturned the act of 9 March 1899 and confirmed its decision of 18 May 1899 that overturned act of 3 November 1896. Hettinger implicitly gained part of a Non-County Area between 46 degrees north latitude and the southern boundary of North Dakota, and lost a small area along its western boundary when the line was shifted from 103 degrees west longitude to the line between ranges 98 and 99, so that the county boundaries would run on federal land survey lines.    10 Mar 1903 Hettinger attached to Stark for judicial purposes.    13 Mar 1903 Legislature authorized Stark to gain all of Hettinger; gain did not take effect [no change]. Act was overturned by the North Dakota Supreme Court during the 1905 session.    __ Dec 1905 The North Dakota Supreme Court overturned the act of 13 March 1903 by which Stark was authorized to gain all of Hettinger [no change].    17 Apr 1907 Hettinger lost to creation of Adams.   19 Apr 1907 Hettinger fully organized, detached from Stark.