Foxholm, North Dakota
Foxholm, North Dakota | |
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 Abandoned Gas Station in Foxholm | |
  Foxholm, North Dakota | |
| Coordinates: 48°22′10″N 101°34′17″W / 48.36944°N 101.57139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Dakota |
| County | Ward |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.959 sq mi (2.48 km2) |
| • Land | 0.959 sq mi (2.48 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,654 ft (504 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 75 |
| • Density | 78/sq mi (30/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 701 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1029039[3] |
Foxholm is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Ward County, North Dakota, United States. Its population was 75 as of the 2010 census.[2]
Foxholm is located along U.S. Route 52, 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Minot and 76 miles (122 km) southeast of the Saskatchewan and North Dakota border at Portal, ND/North Portal, SK. Foxholm is in the Des Lacs River Valley.
A post office called Foxholm was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1967.[4] The community supposedly was named after a place in England.[5]
References
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ "Foxholm". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Ward County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1938). North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State,. WPA. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-62376-033-5.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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