Moffit, North Dakota

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Moffit, North Dakota
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Coordinates: 46°40′38″N100°17′28″W / 46.67722°N 100.29111°W / 46.67722; -100.29111
Country United States
State North Dakota
County Burleigh
Elevation
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1,759 ft (536 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
58560
Area code 701
GNIS feature ID1030264 [1]

Moffit is an unincorporated rural hamlet in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States. [1] It lies along US 83, 10 miles south of Sterling. The population in 2017 was estimated to be less than 30.

The post office at Moffit has been in operation since 1906. [2] The community's name honors a family of settlers. [3] In the early 2010s one of the last business buildings left on main street was stripped and torn down for unknown reasons. There is also another building on main street of unknown origin that, in 2017, the front was cut into and it was turned into a storage building.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Moffit, North Dakota
  2. "Burleigh County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1938). North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State. WPA. p. 209. ISBN   978-1-62376-033-5.