Divide County, ND adjoins Burke near Crosby metropolitan centre yielding an estimated 2020 population standing at 2,445 making it the 12th most populous county situated in North Dakota overall. Its county seat is Crosby with other cities include Fortuna & Noonan- Crosby itself equates out to Divide’s biggesttown aside from recognized country seat. This area had been formed from Williams and Mountrail Counties back in 1910 when local citizens petitioned for new administrative boundaries - posthumously named after Continental Divide landform crossing region prior era William Taft .