| Official Name: | Sanish, North Dakota |
| Pushpin Map: | North Dakota#USA |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Dakota |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mountrail |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 2120 |
| Coordinates: | 47.9739°N -102.5461°W |
| Area Code: | 701 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1031354 |
Sanish is an unincorporated community in Mountrail County, North Dakota, United States. Sanish is located along North Dakota Highway 23 and Lake Sakakawea, 2.6miles west of New Town. Sanish was founded in 1915.[1] The name, "Sanish" was an Arikara word meaning "real people" or "object". While the present community of Sanish was established in 1953, when the original Sanish townsite was inundated by Lake Sakakawea. Old Sanish, as the original town is now known as, was a Native American community; after its evacuation, its residents moved to New Sanish and New Town.[2] [3]
In October 1914, a news article had announced that newly founded town of Sanish was going to be surveyed their town site in Mountrail County, North Dakota. Three months later, in January 1915, a post office was registered named, "Sanish". And not too long later the Sanish Sentinel was first published. Sanish's new Catholic church celebrated the first mass in August.