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Before it was renamed Bismarck, the city was originally known as Edwinton, named after Edward Murphy, a land speculator. The name was changed to Bismarck in 1873 to honor the German Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck. This renaming was part of an effort to attract German settlers to the area.

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