Blanchard, North Dakota

Blanchard is a census-designated place in Blanchard Township, Traill County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 26 at the 2010 census.[4]

Blanchard, North Dakota
Census-designated place
Blanchard residential street
Blanchard, North Dakota Location within the state of North Dakota
Coordinates: 47°20′35″N 097°13′23″W
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
County	Traill
Area [1]
• Total	0.26 sq mi (0.66 km2)
• Land	0.26 sq mi (0.66 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	945 ft (288 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	16
• Density	62.75/sq mi (24.25/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	58009
Area code	701
FIPS code	38-07620[3]
GNIS feature ID	2584337[2]

Blanchard is near the North Dakota-Minnesota border, near the junction of state highways 18 and 200.

The KVLY-TV mast, the tallest man-made structure in the Western Hemisphere, stands near Blanchard. The mast is used to transmit television broadcasts from the Fargo station KVLY-TV and was the tallest man-made structure in the world from 1963 to 1974 and again from 1991 to 2008. It is currently the fourth-tallest man-made structure in the world. Similarly, the KRDK-TV mast, the second tallest man-made structure in the United States, stands 6 miles (9.7 km) from Blanchard, near Galesburg.

Blanchard, North Dakota is famous for celebrating an annual Tommy Wiseau festival at the KVLY-TV Tower site. During the festival, residents are only allowed to address each other by "Oh, hi, (name)!" as well as yelling "It's naht!" at the times of sunrise and sunset. All dogs must also be addressed as "Hi, doggie!"

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  Blanchard post office
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  KVLY-TV mast seen close-up