Casselton, North Dakota Casselton, North Dakota Location of Casselton, North Dakota Location of Casselton, North Dakota State North Dakota Casselton is a town/city in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. The populace was 2,329 at the 2010 census. making it the twentieth biggest city in North Dakota.
Casselton is the hometown of five North Dakota governors.
Casselton had its origin in 1873 when the Northern Pacific Railway sent Mike Smith to plant cottonwood and willow trees in the region to serve as windbreaks along the right-of-way.
During the 1870s, George Cass and Peter Cheney interchanged their barns stock for 10,000 acres (40 km2) of territory near Casselton and decided to precarious the property as one large farm, clean water dividing the territory into small tracts.
Casselton's populace reached 1365 in 1885.
In the 1920s, barns personnel were transferred to other locations, and as a result, the populace of Casselton fell 285 persons between 1920 and 1930.
Casselton installed a town/city water and sewage fitness in the mid-1920s.
They deeded the 73 acres (300,000 m2) of land, which encompassed that body of water, to the City of Casselton.
The reservoir was advanced to be used as a municipal waterworks until March 1978, when the city's water started to come from the Leonard Phase of the Cass Water Users System.
Casselton is known for its populace of American red squirrels.
On December 30, 2013, a westbound BNSF train carrying soybeans derailed approximately one mile west of Casselton.
The collision ignited the crude petroleum and caused a chain of large explosions, which were heard and felt a several miles away. The resulting fireball created a massive cloud of black smoke, which prompted authorities to copy a voluntary evacuation of the town/city and encircling area as a precaution.
Casselton is positioned at 46 54 0 N 97 12 38 W (46.900028, 97.210668). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.90 square miles (4.92 km2), of which, 1.87 square miles (4.84 km2) is territory and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2) is water. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Casselton has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.3% White, 0.1% African American, 0.9% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.4% from other competitions, and 1.2% from two or more competitions.
There were 874 homeholds of which 42.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 27.6% were non-families.
31.4% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 5.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.6% were from 25 to 44; 25.3% were from 45 to 64; and 10.5% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,855 citizens , 702 homeholds, and 509 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 98.22% White, 0.16% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.11% from other competitions, and 1.08% from two or more competitions.
There were 702 homeholds out of which 40.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 63.0% were married couples living together, 6.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 27.4% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 31.6% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 2.6% of families and 5.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 5.4% of those under age 18 and 12.1% of those age 65 or over.
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Casselton, North Dakota; United States Geological Survey (USGS); February 13, 1980.
Casselton train crash a 'huge accident' but a coincidence; Inforum; December 31, 2013.
Alicia Nelson "UPDATE 3-Train collision in North Dakota sets petroleum rail cars ablaze" Reuters https://in.reuters.com/article/2013/12/30/northdakota-derailment-id - INL2 - N0 - K919 - L2013 - 1230, Dec.
"As petroleum train burns, 2,300 inhabitants of Casselton, N.D., told to flee".
"NTSB Issues Probable Cause for Casselton, North Dakota, Crude Oil Train Accident".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
Casselton Can Pile City of Casselton Casselton, North Dakota : improve fact survey (1967) from the Digital Horizons website Souvenir book: Casselton diamond jubilee: June 16-17, 1954, Casselton, North Dakota from the Digital Horizons website Municipalities and communities of Cass County, North Dakota, United States State of North Dakota
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Cities in Cass County, North Dakota - Cities in North Dakota - Populated places established in 1876 - 1876 establishments in Dakota Territory
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