Saint Michael, North Dakota | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | North Dakota |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
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: | Benson |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Mission Township |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 1483 |
Coordinates: | 47.985°N -98.8719°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 58370 |
Area Code: | 701 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 38-70140 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1031235 |
Saint Michael is an unincorporated community in southeastern Benson County, North Dakota, United States, on the Spirit Lake Dakota Reservation. It lies along North Dakota Highway 57 in Mission Township, southeast of the city of Minnewaukan, the county seat.[1] It has a post office with the ZIP code 58370.[2]
According to the 2000 Census, Saint Michael was located in census tract 9402, block group 1, and assigned blocks 1028 and 1029. The population of these census blocks was 15 and 12 people respectively.[3]
Saint Michael was named after the archangel Michael by a group of Catholic nuns who founded a mission in the area. A Dakota community, it lies within the boundaries of the Spirit Lake Reservation. European-Americans were reported to have settled in the area as early as 1874. A post office was opened in 1932, and continues in operation today.[4]