Stanton (N.D.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Stanton (N.D.)
Coordinates
-101.3825 -101.3825 47.31944444 47.31944444 (gooearth )
W1012254 W1012254 N0471916 N0471916 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 136153945
Wikidata: Q1001435
Library of congress: n 88218616
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 47°19ʹ16ʺN 101°22ʹ54ʺW)
  • NUCMC data from State Hist. Soc. of N.D. for Baker, I.P. Papers, 1872-1924 (Stanton, N.D.)
  • Rand McNally comm'l atlas, 1984(Stanton; Mercer Co., N.D.)

Wikipedia description:

Stanton is a city in Mercer County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Mercer County. The population was 368 at the 2020 census. Stanton was founded in 1883 and became the county seat when Mercer County organized in 1884. Stanton is home to the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, which houses a Hidatsa earth lodge and three abandoned villages. One of these, Awatixa, is believed to be the former home of Sakakawea.

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