| Hanks | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA North Dakota#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of North Dakota |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Dakota |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Williams |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 2116 |
| Coordinates: | 48.6033°N -103.8031°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Area Code: | 701 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1029297 |
Hanks is an unincorporated community in Williams County, North Dakota, United States.
Hanks is located on North Dakota Highway 50, and has the latitude of 48.603° N, and the longitude of -103.802° W.The elevation is 2,116 feet (645 m), and is located in the Central Time Zone.
Hanks was founded in 1916 along a Great Northern Railway branch line that ran from Stanley to Grenora. The name honors W.F. Hanks, a banker from Powers Lake.[1]
Hanks disincorporated in 1992.[2]
According to a 2008 report, Hanks had only one inhabitant.[3] The town was included in the National Geographic article The Emptied Prairie, published in January 2008.[4]