Official Name: | Schrunk 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: | Dickey |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 34.38 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 32.66 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 1.72 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Total: | 26 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 0.8 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 1939 |
Coordinates: | 47.2981°N -100.4319°W |
Area Code: | 701 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 38-71220[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1759345[2] |
Schrunk Township is a civil township in Burleigh County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2000 census, its population was 26, but had increased to an estimated 71 by 2009.
Schrunk Township was first listed as a school township during the 1910 Census, with a population of 120. It was named after brothers Charlie and George Schrunk, early settlers from Iowa who moved to the area in 1893. The first school was built in 1903. A second schoolhouse was constructed in 1908, and operated until 1957 when the school district was consolidated with nearby Wing.
It was later organized as a civil township under the name Summit, and reported a 1920 population of 131. By the time of the 1908 Census, the township had been renamed Schrunk.