Blanchard, North Dakota
Blanchard, North Dakota | |
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 Blanchard residential street | |
  Blanchard, North Dakota Location within the state of North Dakota | |
| Coordinates: 47°20′35″N 097°13′23″W / 47.34306°N 97.22306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Dakota |
| County | Traill |
| Area | |
| • 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 | 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 a census-designated place in Blanchard Township, Traill County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 16 at the 2020 census.[4]
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.
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Blanchard post office -
KVLY-TV mast seen close-up
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2010 | 26 | — | |
| 2020 | 16 | −38.5% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5] | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blanchard, North Dakota
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File". American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 2, 2011.[dead link]
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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