Norman, North Dakota

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Norman, North Dakota
Unincorporated community
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Norman
Coordinates: 46°39′32″N96°56′36″W / 46.65889°N 96.94333°W / 46.65889; -96.94333
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of North Dakota.svg North Dakota
County Cass
Township Normanna
Elevation
920 ft (280 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 701
FIPS code 57535
GNIS feature ID1030432 [1]

Norman is an unincorporated community in Normanna Township, Cass County, North Dakota, United States. [1]

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History

The area was first settled by white people in the 1870s. Cass County settler John Rustad built a store building south of the Sheyenne River. According to a county history, "When Mr. Rustad found that the town [of Kindred] could not be located at this point, he secured twelve yoke of oxen and transported the building to Norman, and then later to Kindred." [2]

Norman grew up around the mill operated by Carl Norman. The post office was established on November 14, 1873. Soren Ottis was the postmaster. [3]

Elling Ulness operated a store in Norman. [3] The population was 12 in 1890. [4] A stagecoach line connected Norman with Owego and Fargo. [5]

The small community fell into decline; the Norman post office closed in 1900. [3] Norman is still the site of the Norman Lutheran Church. This church was founded in 1872. [6]

Geography

It is 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Kindred. [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  2. ↑ "The Settling of Kindred". CassCountyND.gov. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Wick, Douglas (1988). "North Dakota Place Names: How North Dakota's Cities & Counties, from Ghost Towns to Boom Towns, Got Their Names". digitalhorizonsonline.org. Sweetgrass Communications. p. 140. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  4. ↑ Cram, George Franklin (1891). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. p. 404.
  5. ↑ West, Goldsmith B. (1878). The Golden Northwest: A Historical, Statistical and Descriptive Account of Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Dakota, Montana and Manitoba. Rollins Publishing Company. p. 98.
  6. ↑ Djupedal, Knut (2008). Amerikabilder: den norske Vesterheimen 1860-1960 (in Norwegian). Aschehoug. p. 317. ISBN   978-82-03-23632-7.
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