Foxholm, North Dakota

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Foxholm, North Dakota
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Foxholm, North Dakota
Coordinates: 48°21′55″N101°34′20″W / 48.36528°N 101.57222°W / 48.36528; -101.57222
Country United States
State North Dakota
County Ward
Area
[1]
  Total
0.96 sq mi (2.48 km2)
  Land0.96 sq mi (2.48 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
1,677 ft (511 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
56
  Density58.39/sq mi (22.54/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 701
GNIS feature ID2584343 [2]

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. [3]

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]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 56
U.S. Decennial Census [6]

References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Foxholm, North Dakota
  3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  4. "Ward County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  5. Federal Writers' Project (1938). North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State. WPA. p. 275. ISBN   978-1-62376-033-5.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.