Rugby, North Dakota Rugby, North Dakota Location of Rugby, North Dakota Location of Rugby, North Dakota State North Dakota Rugby is a town/city in, and the governmental center of county of, Pierce County, North Dakota, United States.
The populace was 2,876 at the 2010 census. making it the seventeenth biggest city in North Dakota.
Rugby is often billed as the geographic center of North America.
The barns promoters initially platted the town as Rugby Junction, getting the name Rugby from the town of Rugby in Warwickshire, England. It was one of a several sites along the Great Northern's transcontinental route between Devils Lake and Minot that were titled after places in England (the the rest were Berwick, Leeds, Knox, Norwich, Penn, Surrey, Churches Ferry, Tunbridge, and York).
As farmers, they were more advanced than many of their contemporaries in the rest of the United States, having adopted sophisticated farming methods and machinery. Many of these implements, including an early Mc - Cormick Deering threshing machine, have found their way to the restored Pioneer Village in Rugby.
In 1931, the town of Rugby erected a 15 feet (4.6 m) tall modern obelisk marking the "Geographical Center of North America".
Geological Survey, Rugby is actually approximately 15 miles (24 km) from the geographic center of North America (6 miles (9.7 km) west of Balta), and even this designation carries no official status. Rugby is positioned at 48 22 2 N 99 59 46 W (48.367129, -99.995979). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.94 square miles (5.02 km2), all of it land. Rugby claims to be the geographic center of North America and a monument stands in the town/city to signify this.
Route 2 and North Dakota Highway 3 serve the Rugby area.
There were 1,239 homeholds of which 23.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 46.2% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 43.7% were non-families.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,939 citizens , 1,291 homeholds, and 765 families residing in the city.
There were 1,291 homeholds out of which 26.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 40.7% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 28.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The town/city of Rugby is served by Ely Elementary School and Rugby High School.
Geographical Center of North America - Rugby is positioned in the geographical center of North America.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Rugby has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. In the recent release of Animus, book one of The Oldest Soul book trilogy by Tiffany Fitz - Henry, Rugby is the center of which the affairs take place. United States Enumeration Bureau.
North Dakota Place Names.
"North America's Geographical Center May Be in a North Dakota Town Called Center".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
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