Emmet, North Dakota

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Emmet, North Dakota
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Emmet in 2009
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Emmet
Coordinates: 47°38′47″N101°39′13″W / 47.64639°N 101.65361°W / 47.64639; -101.65361
Country United States
State North Dakota
County McLean
Elevation
2,014 ft (614 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 701
GNIS feature ID1028885 [1]

Emmet [1] was a small rural community in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. It is about twelve miles west of Garrison. [2] There is no longer anything at the location, although it may still be marked on some maps. [3] Emmet was in existence until at least 1966. [4]

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Naming

The community was founded in 1903 with the name of Robinson (not to be confused with the current Robinson, North Dakota, which is in an entirely different location). It was renamed Emmet by Charles Laudenbeck when he took over as postmaster on 2 September 1905. He named it after his young son, Emmet. [2]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 "Emmet, North Dakota". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 Joseph L. Gavett, North Dakota Immigrants: Coming to America, p. 89, Watchmaker Publishing, 2007 ISBN   1929148747.
  3. Joseph L. Gavett, North Dakota: Counties, Towns & People, part 2. p. 170, Watchmaker Publishing, 2008 ISBN   1603861912.
  4. 1 2 AP, "New homes must for 15 orphans", Abilene Reporter-News, 21 November 1966.
  5. 'James Kerzman,' The Bismarck Tribune, June 23, 2015