Burnstad, North Dakota

Burnstad is an unincorporated community rural hamlet in Logan County, North Dakota, United States. There are only two farm homes there currently, no businesses or services.[1][2]

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

History edit

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 edit

  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 / 46.38556°N 99.63250°W / 46.38556; -99.63250