Ada Township, Dickey County, North Dakota

Ada Township, North Dakota
Township
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
Country United States
State North Dakota
County Dickey
Area
  Total 35.9 sq mi (92.9 km2)
  Land 35.9 sq mi (92.9 km2)
  Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation 1,375 ft (419 m)
Population (2000)
  Total 60
  Density 1.7/sq mi (0.6/km2)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 701
FIPS code 38-00300[1]
GNIS feature ID 1036744[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 Weston Township, 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 Kent Township.[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 "Siverleaf" lard and nailed it to a boxcar parked at the station.[10]

Notable native

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

External links

References

  1. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. 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.
  4. U.S. Census Bureau (2010). "Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions: North Dakota" (CSV). 2009 Population Estimates. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  5. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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, North Dakota Legislative Council
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