Ada Township, Dickey County, North Dakota

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Ada Township, North Dakota
Township
Ada Township, North Dakota is located in North Dakota
Ada Township, North Dakota
Ada Township, North Dakota
Location within the state of North Dakota
Coordinates: 45°59′13″N 98°18′50″W / 45.98694°N 98.31389°W / 45.98694; -98.31389Coordinates: 45°59′13″N 98°18′50″W / 45.98694°N 98.31389°W / 45.98694; -98.31389
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Dakota
CountyDickey
Area
 • Total35.9 sq mi (92.9 km2)
 • Land35.9 sq mi (92.9 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
1,375 ft (419 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total60
 • Density1.7/sq mi (0.6/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)701
FIPS code38-00300[1]
GNIS feature ID1036744[2]

Ada is a township in Dickey County, North Dakota, United States. Its population during the 2000 Census was 60,[3] and was estimated at 52 in 2009.[4] Its population in 1900 was 232.[5]

History[]

Ada Township was first settled in the early 1880s. Originally part of , which at the time covered two survey townships in Townships 129 and 130N, Range 61W.[6] Ada was organized around 1900 from the southern of the two townships and the northern one was renamed .[5][7]

The village of Silverleaf, built in 1887, is located 7 miles east of Ellendale, and was once the major population center in the township.[7] The town reported around 25 residents in the late 1910s,[8] and never seemed to exceed more than 50. It is little more than a ghost town today.[9]

The village served a flag station for the Great Northern Railroad. Two conflicting stories exist over the origin of the name. Some say it is for the silverberry bushes found in the area,[9] but others attribute the naming to a joke played an early settler, Dan Keenan. Keenan reportedly removed the label from a tin of "Silverleaf" lard and nailed it to a boxcar parked at the station.[10]

Notable person[]

(1879 – 1940) was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1925 to 1926.[7][11]

References[]

  1. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ^ U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Ada Township" (PDF). CenStats Databases. Retrieved 2009-01-31.[dead link]
  4. ^ U.S. Census Bureau (2010). "Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions: North Dakota". 2009 Population Estimates. Archived from the original (CSV) on 2010-06-27. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  5. ^ a b U.S. Census Bureau (1901). "Population of North Dakota" (PDF). Twelfth Census of the United States: 1900. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  6. ^ U.S. Census Bureau (1893). "Population of North Dakota" (PDF). Eleventh Census of the United States: 1890. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  7. ^ a b c Black, R. M., ed. (1930). A History of Dickey County, North Dakota. Ellendale, ND: Dickey County Historical Society. pp. 129–135 & 233.
  8. ^ Clason's Guide to North Dakota. Clason's Pocket Guide Maps. Denver, Colorado: The Clason Map Co. 1917. p. 30.
  9. ^ a b Wick, Douglas A. (1988). North Dakota Place Names. Bismarck, North Dakota: Hedemarken Collectibles. p. 179. ISBN 0-9620968-0-6. OCLC 191277027.
  10. ^ Williams, Mary Ann (Barnes) (1966). Origins of North Dakota Place Names. Bismarck, North Dakota: Bismarck Tribune, 1966. p. 89. OCLC 431626.
  11. ^ Dakota Lawmakers Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, North Dakota Legislative Council

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