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This partial list of city nicknames in North Dakota compiles the aliases, sobriquets, and slogans that cities in North Dakota are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
It has been North Dakota's capital city since 1889, when the state was created from the Dakota Territory and admitted to the Union. [10] Bismarck is across the river from Mandan, named after a Native American tribe of the area. [11] The two cities comprise the core of the Bismarck metropolitan area. The North Dakota State Capitol is in central ...
Mountrail County is a county in the northwestern part of North Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,809. [1] Its county seat is Stanley. [2] The county was originally created in 1873, then removed in 1892, annexed by Ward County. It was re-created and organized in 1909.
Stanley Jerome Gaetz (April 25, 1914 – April 9, 1964) was an American railroader and politician from North Dakota. A member of the Republican Party, Gaetz served in the North Dakota Senate in 1964 and was mayor of the town of Rugby from 1958 until 1962. Gaetz briefly ran for lieutenant governor in 1964.
Sportspeople from Bismarck, North Dakota (17 P) Pages in category "People from Bismarck, North Dakota" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
Elgin was platted in 1910 when the railroad was extended to that point. [5] The town was originally known as Shanley, but when the Northern Pacific Railroad came through town, they objected to the name as it was too similar to Stanley (the seat of Mountrail County), so the citizens were asked to choose a new name.