Hanks, North Dakota

Unincorporated community in North Dakota, United States

48°36′12″N 103°48′11″W / 48.60333°N 103.80306°W / 48.60333; -103.80306CountryUnited StatesStateNorth DakotaCounty WilliamsElevation

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2,116 ft (645 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code701GNIS feature ID1029297^[1]

Hanks is an unincorporated community in Williams County, North Dakota, United States.

Geography

Hanks is located on North Dakota Highway 50, and has the latitude of 48.603° N, and the longitude of −103.802° W. The elevation is 2,116 feet (645 m), and is located in the Central Time Zone.

History

Hanks was founded in 1916 along a Great Northern Railway branch line that ran from Stanley to Grenora. The name honors W.F. Hanks, a banker from Powers Lake.^[2]

Hanks disincorporated in 1992.^[3]

According to a 2008 report, Hanks had only one inhabitant.^[4] The town was included in the National Geographic article The Emptied Prairie, published in January 2008.^[5]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1930	213	—
1940	192	−9.9%
1950	115	−40.1%
1960	78	−32.2%
1970	13	−83.3%
1980	10	−23.1%
1990	11	10.0%
U.S. Decennial Census

Notable people

A. R. Shaw, educator and legislator^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hanks, North Dakota
^ Wick, Douglas A. "Hanks (Williams County)". North Dakota Place Names. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
^ "Boundary Changes".
^ Rubin, Richard (April 9, 2006). "Not far from forsaken". The New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
^ Bowden, Charles (January 2008). "The Emptied Prairie". National Geographic. Archived from the original on February 16, 2008. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
^ 'North Dakota Centennial Blue Book 1889-1989, Ben Meier (editor), North Dakota Legislative Assembly, Biosgraphical Sketch of Arch Shaw, pg. 411