Burnstad, North Dakota

Burnstad is an unincorporated community in Logan County, North Dakota, United States.[1][2]

Grain elevator in Burnstad in the late 1950s
Burnstad in 2008

A post office was established at Burnstad in 1907, and remained in operation until 1979.[3] The community was named for C. P. Burnstad, a cattleman.[4] Little remains of the original community.[5]

Burnstad is the nearest populated place to the Robert Abell Round Barn, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Burnstad, North Dakota
  2. hometown locator
  3. "Logan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  4. Federal Writers' Project (1938). North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State. WPA. p. 286. ISBN 978-1-62376-033-5.
  5. North Dakota: Counties, Towns & People. Watchmaker Publishing, Ltd. 2008. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-60386-191-5.
  6. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

46°23′08″N 99°37′57″W


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