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Hanks
Unincorporated community
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Dakota
CountyWilliams
Elevation
2,116 ft (645 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

Hanks is an unincorporated community in Williams County, North Dakota, United States.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1930213—
1940192−9.9%
1950115−40.1%
196078−32.2%
197013−83.3%
198010−23.1%
19901110.0%
U.S. Decennial Census

Geography

Hanks is located on North Dakota Highway 50, and has the latitude of 48.603° N, and the longitude of −103.802° W. The elevation is 2,116 feet (645 m), and is located in the Central Time Zone.

History

Hanks was founded in 1916 along a Great Northern Railway branch line that ran from Stanley to Grenora. The name honors W.F. Hanks, a banker from Powers Lake.[1]

Hanks used to be incorporated until it disincorporated in 1992.[2]

According to a 2008 report, Hanks had only one inhabitant.[3] The town was included in the National Geographic article The Emptied Prairie, published in January 2008.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ Wick, Douglas A. "Hanks (Williams County)". North Dakota Place Names. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Boundary Changes".
  3. ^ Rubin, Richard (9 April 2006). "Not far from forsaken". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  4. ^ Bowden, Charles (January 2008). "The Emptied Prairie". National Geographic. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  5. ^ 'North Dakota Centennial Blue Book 1889-1989, Ben Meier (editor), North Dakota Legislative Assembly, Biosgraphical Sketch of Arch Shaw, pg. 411


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