Blanchard (N.D.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
בלנצ'ארד (דקוטה הצפונית)
Name (Latin)
Blanchard (N.D.)
Coordinates
-97.2195331 -97.2195331 47.3458148 47.3458148 (gooearth )
W0971310 W0971310 N0472045 N0472045 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 151384517
Wikidata: Q881383
Library of congress: n 88277391
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 47°20ʹ45ʺN 097°13ʹ10ʺW)
  • NUCMC data from ND Inst. for Reg. Studies for Belle Prairie Farm. Scrapbook, 1879-1944(Blanchard, N.D.)
  • Rand McNally comm'l atlas, 1984(Blanchard, Traill [county])

Wikipedia description:

Blanchard is a census-designated place in Blanchard Township, Traill County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 16 at the 2020 census. Blanchard is near the North Dakota-Minnesota border, near the junction of state highways 18 and 200. The KVLY-TV mast was the tallest man-made structure in the Western Hemisphere until 2019. It stands near Blanchard. The mast is used to transmit television broadcasts from the Fargo station KVLY-TV and was the tallest man-made structure in the world from 1963 to 1974 and again from 1991 to 2008. Similarly, the KRDK-TV mast, the tallest man-made structure in the United States, stands 6 miles (9.7 km) from Blanchard, near Galesburg.

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