Bottineau County, ND adjoins Burke near Bottineau metropolitan centre granting an estimated 2020 census population standing at 11,134 making it the 8th most populous county located in North Dakota overall. Its county seat is Bottineau with other cities include Willow City & Westhope- Bottineau itself equates out to Bottineau's biggesttown aside from acknowledged country seat. This area had been established from Rolette and McHenry Counties back in 1884 when local residents petitioned for new administrative boundaries - posthumously named after Pierre Bottineau French-Canadian political figure representing region during period James Monroe .