Official Name: | Colgate Township, North Dakota |
Colgate | |
Coordinates: | 47.2447°N -97.6564°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | North Dakota |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Steele County |
Elevation Ft: | 1181 |
Pushpin Map: | North Dakota |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population: | 62 |
Postal Code: | 58046 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1028423 |
Colgate is an unincorporated community in Steele County, North Dakota, United States.
The townsite was founded in 1882. A post office called Colgate was established in 1883 and remained in operation until 1972.[2] The community has the namesake of James Boorman Colgate, who was the largest land owner with 4000acres he bought from the Northern Pacific Railway.[3]
There was a Colgate School District, but after the school closed in 1964, children began attending schools in Hope and Page (now the Hope-Page School District).[4]
Colgate has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), bordering on a dry-winter humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb).
As of the census of 2020, there were 62 people, 28 households, and 24 families living in the city. There were 30 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 94.8% White and Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.2% of the population.