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North Dakota Place Names ORIGINS NORTH DAKOTA PLACE NAMES MARY ANN BARNES WILLIAMS WWmmMMWm mmmmm F 634 „W55 C.4 Wi 11 :t ams , Mary Ann '.Bar nes) 1836- [ji- i. Q:I. ris.t of Nor I. b VAkotA p 1 ace naniK'B BISAAARCK 58505 North Dakota State Library MAY 6 1976 NORTH DAKOTA STATE LIBRARY L-\ 33 05 00028 3778 NORTH DAKOTA PLACE NAMES NORTH DAKOTA BOOK OR AUTHOR MARY ANN BARNES WILLIAMS Hortfe Dakota State Library Bismarck, ND 58501 BISMARCK TRIBUNE 35636 DEDICATION: To my valued friend Marie W. Huber, daughter of Bismarck pioneers, who sug­ gested and encouraged me to compile this histori­ cal data and publish it in book form. Having spent her adult life time in educational work, she knows the need in our public schools and libraries for reference material bearing on North Dakota. MARY ANN BAENES WILLIAMS WASHDUHN, NORTH DAKOTA JANUARY, 1966 Thru the generositij of the heirs of Mary Ann Barnes Williams this book reprinted 1973 by the McLean County Historical Society. CONTENTS Adams 5 McLean 169 Barnes 7 Mercer 186 Benson 19 Morton 193 Billings 29 Mountrail 205 Bottineau 32 Nelson 212 Bowman 40 Oliver 217 Burke _ 44 Pembina _ 219 Burleigh 47 Pierce 231 Cass 58 Ramsey 234 Cavalier 74 Ransom 241 Dickey 82 Renville 249 Divide 91 Richland 252 Dunn 96 Rolette :..... 264 Eddy 101 Sargent 274 Emmons 104 Sheridan 283 Foster 110 Sioux 286 Golden Valley 114 Slope _.... _ 288 Grand Forks 116 Stark 291 Grant 127 Steele 296 Griggs 132 Stutsman 299 Hettinger 136 Towner 310 Kidder 140 Traill 315 LaMoure 145 Walsh 322 Logan 150 Ward ~ 331 McHenry 152 Wells 340 Mcintosh 159 Williams .344 McKenzie 162 PREFACE Compiling the origins of North Dakota place names which began in 1955 is a very painstaking study since there are many controversies over place names. Many places have no written record. Locations have vjaried from time to time as to township and county lines. Information from original residents is difficult to ob­ tain and often indefinite. In some instances it seems that time and change have put a silent seal on the record of many worthy pioneers and the places they established. The chief aim of this study has been to find the origin of the name of places white men have estab­ lished and named — not geographical names nor Indian villages, although the location and facts of historical significance are often included. References as to data are listed by numbers and the reference used is enclosed in parenthesis, whereby the information may be checked and more obtained. Statements for which sources are not given are based on personal observation, common knowledge or reason­ able inferences. Although great care has been taken to eliminate errors of statements and dates, in a work of this kind it can be neither wholly complete nor completely accurate. Compiling the origins of place names in North Da­ kota's 53 counties has eventually been completed and the 11 books revised and all published in this one volume. ADAMS COUNTY BENTLEY: A post office was established by 1905 on Sec. 4-131-92 in the sod home of the postmaster, Homer W. Bentley, who in 1907 moved it into the store nearby which he erected and operated until 1910, when it was discontinued. The store was sold then to his brother, A. A. Bent­ ley of LaCrosse, Wise, who moved it 15 miles northeast to the railroad in Hettinger County and established the town of Liberty. (Mpls. Sun. Tribune 6/26/60) BUCYKUS: For a brief time in 1907 while the Milwaukee railroad was being built through the southeastern section of the county this settlement was called DOLAN for C. R. Dolan, a railroad contractor, who had established a store here. This name however was not accept­ able to the Postal Dept., as there was a Dolan post office in South Da­ kota. While the grading was going on, the question of a name for the new town was being discussed. Some one noticed the trade name Bu- cyrus (Ohio) on the steam shovel in use on the grade and suggested this name be given the town. It was submitted and accepted. The post office was established Feb. 11, 1908 with William N. Worra, postmaster. Incorporated as a village in 1918. (45, Nov. 1950, p. 12; 80) CEDAR: Named for the Red or Badlands cedar, which grows in abun­ dance here on the north or northwest sides of the gumbo buttes and canyons. This rural post office was established in Sec. 30-132-94 on March 4, 1908 with Anton J. Serbus, postmaster; in 1912 it was moved to the home of Herman F. Schneider; discontinued June 31, 1918, and mail sent to Mott. (10, p. 733; 80) CHANDLER: A post office in SW^ Sec. 13 of Chandler Twp. estab­ lished March 18, 1907 with David E. Elliott, postmaster; discontinued July 15,1930 and mail sent to Burt. Both post office and township were named for Shad Chandler, an early cattleman in this area. (80) COOK: An inland post office on the South Fork of the Cannon Ball River established May 22, 1908 in the ranch home of C. M. Cook with Ella Cook, postmaster; discontinued Sept. 16, 1911 and mail sent to Lemmon, S. D. (80) DOLAN: See BUCYRUS. GADSEN: See HAYNES. GILSTRAP: See WOLF BUTTE. HAYNES: Originally named GADSEN for an employee of the C.M.& St.P.R.R. when the station was established in 1906, in Sec. 29, Clermont Twp. When the main line of railroad was constructed through N. D. in 1907 the name was changed to Haynes for George B. Haynes, the 5 railroad's general passenger and immigration agent. The Haynes post office was established April 2, 1908 with Albert Guerkink, postmaster. Incorporated as a village Aug. 5, 1910. (12, 3/26/55; 75, 9/12/55, p. 1; 80) HENDLEY: A rural post office established Dec. 24, 1904 with William F. Thompson, postmaster; discontinued Nov. 15, 1909. Named for Hend- ley, Nebraska. (80) HETTINGER: Named for the township and county in which it was founded. Hettinger County was named by E. A. Williams, territorial legislator and U. S. surveyor general when the county was created in 1883, for his father-in-law Mathias Hettinger of Freeport, 111. Adams County was created from Hettinger County in 1907 and the town of Hettinger designated the county seat. The post office was established May 17, 1907 with Edward C. Barry, postmaster. Hettinger incorpor­ ated as a city in 1916. (5, p. 497; 6, 439; 75 9/12/40, p. 1; 80) LEFF: See REEDER. LEIGH: A rural post office in Sec. 28 Cedar Twp. established May 17, 1907 with Wendell White, postmaster; discontinued Sept. 30, 1918 and mail sent to Hettinger. Named for Leigh, Nebraska (80) LLOYD: A rural post office at the forks of South Cannon Ball River established June 8, 1908 with William M. Vanderley, postmaster; dis­ continued Aug. 31, 1911 and mail sent to Petrel. Origin of name not known. (80) NORTH LEMMON: A Milwaukee Rwy. loading station in Sec. 35, North Lemmon Twp. established in 1906. Named for the township, which was named for George E. Lemmon, an extensive land owner and rancher in this area. PETREL: A railroad station in Sec. 35 of Gilstrap Twp. named for several species of long-winged sea birds or cape-pigeons, "the stormy petrel" seen in this area. A short-lived post office was established here Feb. 8, 1908 with Allen G. Elliott, postmaster; discontinued June 5, 1908 and mail sent to Rhame. (10, p. 778; 80) PIERSON: A post office established Feb. 16, 1898 in the home of the postmaster, James A. Pierson, who homesteaded along Chanta Peta Creek; discontinued Nov. 30, 1914 and mail sent to Bucyrus. (34, p. 51; 80) REEDER: The post office at this point was originally named LEFF, for the Leff brothers, Albert and Charles, ranchers and mine operators, on land, one mile west of the present town of Reeder. The Leff post office was established here Nov. 15, 1907 with Henry W. O'Dell, post­ master. After the Milwaukee R. R. reached this area, a railroad town- site was platted and named Reeder for E. A. Reeder, assistant chief en- 6 gineer of the railroad. The post office was moved to the townsite and renamed Reeder, May 29, 1908. Reeder incorporated as a village on May 5, 1909. (7, p. 325; 45; 73; 80) SCHNELBY: A rural post office near the center of the county estab­ lished June 4, 1907 in the home of the postmaster, Henry L. Schnelby; discontinued July 15,1909. (80) SPRING BUTTE: An inland post office midway between Timber and Cedar Creeks; named for a neighboring butte; established April 3, 1912 in the home of the postmaster, Walter C. Howard; discontinued July 31, 1915 and mail sent to Lemmon, S. D. (80) STOWERS: A rural post office named for Mason B. and Charles E. Stowers, who came to the county in 1906 and settled on Sec. 29 on the south bank of the Cedar River in South Fork Twp. The post office was established March 19, 1907 with Mason B. Stowers, postmaster; discon­ tinued Dec. 31, 1920 and mail sent to Thunder Hawk. (80) THEBES: A rural post office in the southeastern part of the county of short duration was established May 22, 1908 with Louis A. Lattler, postmaster; discontinued Oct. 29, 1908 and mail sent to Petrel. Ori­ gin of name not known. (80) VOLBERG: A post office established Nov. 15, 1907 on the homestead of the postmaster, Jacob L.
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