Official Name: | Sargent Township, North Dakota |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Pushpin Map: | North Dakota |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
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: | Sargent |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 93.2- |
Area Land Km2: | 93.2 - |
Area Water Km2: | 0.1 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 36.0 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 36.0 sq. mi. |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.1 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Total: | 49 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.7 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1.8 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 396 |
Elevation Ft: | 1,299 |
Coordinates: | 46.0878°N -97.8097°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 58017 |
Area Code: | 701 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 38-08980[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1036788[2] |
Sargent Township is a civil township in Sargent County, North Dakota, United States.
Closest city is Cogswell, North Dakota, on the North border of the Township. Elevation in Sargent Township, North Dakota is 1,299.0 ft. (396.0 meters).Since 2000, it has had a population growth of -34.69 percent. There are 50 Farms in Sargent Township, North Dakota.
Continental Congress made a Land Ordinance on May 20, 1785, this Ordinance made a rectangular system for public land surveys. This was modified somewhat with the Land Act of 1796. The Land Ordinance made public lands in 30 states divided by lines using true North and South, with townships six miles square. The townships are then divided into 36 sections, each one mile square and containing approximately 640 acres in each section.
The Township as a large slough, Meszaros slough. Local cemeteries are Mount Calvary Cemetery and Nicholson Cemetery. Local lakes are Lake Schimmer and Lake Taayer.
United States House of Representative is North Dakota's At-large congressional district.