Selfridge, North Dakota
| Selridge, ND | |
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| Selfridge | |
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 Location of Selfridge, North Dakota |
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| Coordinates: 46°2′31″N 100°55′29″W / 46.04194°N 100.92472°WCoordinates: 46°2′31″N 100°55′29″W / 46.04194°N 100.92472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Dakota |
| County | Sioux |
| Founded | 1911 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Giles Heinen |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.27 sq mi (0.70 km2) |
| • Land | 0.27 sq mi (0.70 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,185 ft (666 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 160 |
| • Estimate (2014) | 170 |
| • Density | 592.6/sq mi (228.8/km2) |
| • Demonym | Selfridgite |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Zip Code | 58568 |
| Area code(s) | 701 |
| FIPS code | 38-71660 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1032015 |
| Highways | ND 6, ND 31 |
| Website | http://www.selfridge-nd.com/ |
Selfridge is a town in Sioux County, North Dakota, United States and on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Selfridge was founded in 1911. The population was 160 at the 2010 census. Other settlements near this town include Fort Yates, North Dakota and Porcupine, North Dakota. Previous settlements that have since dissolved are Maple Leaf and Chadwick.
Selfridge is located at 46°02′31″N 100°55′29″W / 46.042028°N 100.924673°W.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.27 square miles (0.70 km2), all of it land.
The Selfridge Public School District system consists of two main school buildings. Selfridge Elementary serves grades K-6. The high school serves grades 7-12. The school system enrolls around 100 students. The schools were built in the 1950s to replace the old main school building. The elementary school was once a private school for the St. Philomena Catholic Church.
The town is now served by the Farmers Union Oil Co. (Cenex), the Branding Iron Bar & Steakhouse, USDA (United States Department of Agriculture), Cedar Soil Conservation District, the senior center, the United States Postal Service, and numerous churches.
Selfridge was settled in 1911 along a Milwaukee Road branch line that diverged from the railroad's Pacific Extension transcontinental route in McLaughlin, South Dakota and ran to New England, North Dakota. The first depot was a stationary boxcar moved into Selfridge in 1917 by the railroad on a flatcar; G.E. Langbein became the first depot agent. The boxcar-depot was in pretty deplorable condition upon arrival; it took quite a bit of work to fix it up. In the early days, trains were used extensively, for long distance travel by Selfridge residents and continued until the later 1940s. Selfridge was dependent on the railroad in the early years. Everything came in by train: groceries, lumber, fruit, coal, meat, machinery, mail and even ice. The town shipped all its produce out by train also. Again, the mail, livestock, grain dairy products etc. The trains were a vital part of Selfridge as a growing community.
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