Haram Township, Bottineau County, North Dakota

Haram Township
—  Township  —
Location of Haram Township
Coordinates:
Country United States
State North Dakota
County Bottineau
Organized 1910
Area[1]
 • Total 43.59 sq mi (112.9 km2)
 • Land 43.53 sq mi (112.7 km2)
 • Water 0.06 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation 1,660 ft (506 m)
Population (2000)[1]
 • Total 85
 • Density 6.0/sq mi (2.3/km2)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 701
FIPS code 38-009-35220[2]
GNIS feature ID 1759277[3]

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Haram Township is a civil township in Bottineau County in the U.S. State of North Dakota. As of the 2000 census, its population was 85.[4]

History

Haram Township was organized in 1910 from Mountain View School Township in 1910.[5] The 1910 Census recorded a population of 424 in the township.

Early Norwegian settlers in the area named the township after Haram, Norway.[6]

Schools

Geography

Haram Township is located in survey townships 163N and 164N, Range 77W.[5] Township 164N, Range 77W is a fractional township containing less than the standard 36 sections of land, due its location along the U.S. border with Canada.

Natural features

Cities and populated places

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000, Summary File 1. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000 by county subdivision and place, "Bottineau County". American FactFinder. <http://factfinder.census.gov>. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_CO1&-tree_id=4001&-geo_id=05000US38009&-format=CO-2&-_lang=en GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000 by county subdivision and place,. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  3. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  4. ^ U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Haram Township" (PDF). CenStats Databases. <http://censtats.census.gov/data/>. http://censtats.census.gov/data/ND/0603800935220.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-31. 
  5. ^ a b U.S. Census Bureau (1913). "Number of Inhabitants, North Dakota" (PDF). Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910. Government Printing Office. pp. 324. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/36894832v3ch3.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-20. 
  6. ^ Sherman, William C. (1983). Pairie Mosaic: An Ethnic Atlas of Rural North Dakota. Fargo, North Dakota: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies. pp. 71. ISBN 091104227X. OCLC 256228966.