Wilton is a city in Burleigh and McLean counties in the U.S. state of North Dakota. It is part of the "Bismarck, ND Metropolitan Statistical Area" or "Bismarck-Mandan". The population was 807 at the 2000 census. Founded in 1899, Wilton was named by General W. D. Washburn after the town of Wilton in his native state of Maine.