Foxholm, North Dakota Explained

Official Name:Foxholm, North Dakota
Pushpin Map:North Dakota
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:North Dakota
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Ward
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:2.48
Area Land Km2:2.48
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:0.96
Area Land Sq Mi:0.96
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:56
Population Density Km2:22.54
Population Density Sq Mi:58.39
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:1677
Coordinates:48.3653°N -101.5722°W
Area Code:701
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:2584343

Foxholm is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Ward County, North Dakota, United States. Its population was 75 as of the 2010 census.[2]

Foxholm is located along U.S. Route 52, 18miles northwest of Minot and 76miles southeast of the Saskatchewan and North Dakota border at Portal, ND/North Portal, SK. Foxholm is in the Des Lacs River Valley.

A post office called Foxholm was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1967.[3] The community supposedly was named after a place in England.[4]

Demographics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 20, 2022.
  2. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2011-05-14 .
  3. Web site: Ward County . Jim Forte Postal History . 22 October 2015.
  4. Book: Federal Writers' Project. North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State. 1938. WPA. 978-1-62376-033-5. 275.