Lucca, North Dakota

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Lucca, North Dakota
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Lucca, North Dakota
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Lucca, North Dakota
Coordinates: 46°42′25″N97°43′11″W / 46.70694°N 97.71972°W / 46.70694; -97.71972
Country United States
State North Dakota
County Barnes
Elevation
1,210 ft (370 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 701
GNIS feature ID1030035 [1]

Lucca is an unincorporated community in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States. [1] The community was probably named after Pauline Lucca, an opera singer, although there is a claim it was named for Lucca, a city in Tuscany, Italy. [2]

A post office operated in Lucca from 1891 to 1968. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lucca, North Dakota
  2. Wick, Douglas A. (1989). North Dakota Place Names. Prairie House. p. 117. ISBN   9780911007114. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  3. Blevins, Cameron; Helbock, Richard W. (2021), US Post Offices, Harvard Dataverse, doi:10.7910/DVN/NUKCNA {{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)