Freda Township, Grant County, North Dakota

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Freda Township is a township in Grant County, North Dakota, United States. Its population as of the 2000 Census was 12. [1] It lies in the eastern part of the county along the Cannonball River.

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History

Freda Township is named after Freda Van Sickle, the daughter of a railroad foreman working on the Milwaukee Railroad. The identically named town of Freda was once a major population center in the township, with a population of 50 in 1920. [2]

The township was founded after the county was organized in 1916, and had a peak population of 178 during the 1930 U.S. Census. [3]

A meteorite displayed at the Smithsonian Institution's American Museum of Natural History was discovered here in 1919. [2] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Freda Township" (PDF). CenStats Databases. Retrieved 2009-01-31.[ dead link ]
  2. 1 2 Wick, Douglas A. (1988). North Dakota Place Names. Bismarck, North Dakota: Hedemarken Collectibles. pp. 70–71. ISBN   0-9620968-0-6. OCLC   191277027.
  3. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau (1931). "Number and Distribution of Inhabitants, North Dakota" (PDF). Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930. Government Printing Office . Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  4. ↑ "North Dakota Meteorites". JensenMeteorites.com. Retrieved 2010-06-22.

Coordinates: 46°17′25″N101°09′01″W / 46.29028°N 101.15028°W / 46.29028; -101.15028


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