Foxholm, North Dakota

Foxholm, North Dakota
Census-designated place & Unincorporated community
Abandoned Gas Station in Foxholm
Foxholm, North Dakota
Coordinates: 48°22′10″N 101°34′17″W / 48.36944°N 101.57139°WCoordinates: 48°22′10″N 101°34′17″W / 48.36944°N 101.57139°W
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
County	Ward
Area[1]
• Total	0.959 sq mi (2.48 km^2)
• Land	0.959 sq mi (2.48 km^2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km^2)
Elevation	1,654 ft (504 m)
Population (2010)[2]
• Total	75
• Density	78/sq mi (30/km^2)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	701
GNIS feature ID	1029039[3]

Foxholm is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Ward County, North Dakota, United States. Its population was 75 as of the 2010 census.^[2]

Foxholm is located along U.S. Route 52, 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Minot and 76 miles (122 km) southeast of the Saskatchewan and North Dakota border at Portal, ND/North Portal, SK. Foxholm is in the Des Lacs River Valley.

A post office called Foxholm was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1967.^[4] The community supposedly was named after a place in England.^[5]

References

1. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
2. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
3. "Foxholm". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
4. "Ward County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
5. Federal Writers' Project (1938). North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State,. WPA. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-62376-033-5.