Wahpeton, North Dakota Wahpeton, North Dakota Dakota Avenue in downtown Wahpeton, 2007 Dakota Avenue in downtown Wahpeton, 2007 Location of Wahpeton, North Dakota Location of Wahpeton, North Dakota State North Dakota Wahpeton (/ w p t n/ wah-p -t n) is a town/city in Richland County, in southeastern North Dakota, United States.
It is positioned along the Bois de Sioux River at its confluence with the Otter Tail River, forming the Red River of the North.
Wahpeton is the governmental center of county of Richland County. The U.S.
Wahpeton was established in 1869 and is the principal town/city of the Wahpeton Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Richland County, North Dakota and Wilkin County, Minnesota.
Wahpeton's twin town/city is Breckenridge, Minnesota, positioned to the east on the other side of the river.
The Bois de Sioux River and the Otter Tail River join at Wahpeton and Breckenridge to form the Red River of the North.
The North Dakota State College of Science is positioned in Wahpeton.
The Richland County Courthouse in Wahpeton, 2007 More than one hundred years after the Carver expedition, a United States Government surveying party passed through the Wahpeton area.
Blanding so influenced other Wisconsin pioneer that many of them had appeared and homesteaded in the Wahpeton region before Blanding arranged his return.
Two years later, the county was organized and titled Chahinkapa County.
Later that year the county was retitled as Richland County and the town of Chahinkapa retitled as Wahpeton, an adaptation of the Dakota name of the small-town band of Dakota Indians, the Wakhpetonwan.
Growth of the village of Wahpeton was quite slow amid the first several years, but it increased quickly in 1872 with the culmination of a barns line into Breckenridge, Minnesota, a tiny improve just athwart the Bois de Sioux River.
Flat boats could carry freight directly from the barns downriver via the Red River of the North (which flowed North) to northern parts of the state and all the way to Winnipeg, Canada.
The barns line thriving many more pioneer to the region - both migrants from the Eastern United States and new immigrants.
In 1874, Jacob Morvin and Joseph Sittarich opened the first retail store in the county in Wahpeton.
By 1883 the populace of Wahpeton was estimated to be as high as 1,400 citizens .
It made Wahpeton among the first metros/cities in North Dakota to be electrified.
In 1889, the Red River Valley University was established in Wahpeton; it later was retitled as the North Dakota State College of Science.
In 1904, the United States Government established the Wahpeton Indian School (now called Circle of Nations School) for the education of Native American kids from reservations and tribes in northern Minnesota, North Dakota, and northern South Dakota.
Wahpeton is positioned at 46 16 12 N 96 36 38 W (46.269931, 96.610463). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.29 square miles (13.70 km2), all of it land. The Red River of the North forms one of the most fertile river valleys in the world.
As it flows north to Canada, it forms the state boundary between North Dakota and Minnesota.
Wahpeton is positioned near the river's head-waters at the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and .
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Wahpeton has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. Dakota Avenue in downtown Wahpeton in 2007 There were 3,151 homeholds of which 26.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 40.7% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 45.5% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 21.2% under the age of 18, 24.1% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 17.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
On May 14, 1991, Wahpeton voters allowed a 1% town/city revenue and use tax, the proceeds of which are to be dedicated solely to economic evolution of the City of Wahpeton and Richland County, North Dakota, by means of company and industrialized expansion including job creation, job retention, company and industrialized diversification, and the creation, fostering and maintenance of company and trade activities and facilities.
The Bois de Sioux Golf Course is the only golf course in the United States with half the course in one state and half in another.
The Carmelite Monastery, positioned in the bend of the Wild Rice River, is a several miles from Wahpeton.
Other Wahpeton region attractions include "Wahpper" the World's Largest Catfish, positioned at Kidder Dam, and the Bagg Bonanza Farm, a 15-acre (61,000 m2) historic bonanza farm with farm buildings and machinery.
North Dakota State College of Science The town/city of Wahpeton is served by an elementary school, Wahpeton Middle School, and Wahpeton Senior High School.
John's Elementary School, is also positioned in Wahpeton.
David Richman, North Dakota State men's basketball head coach John Wall, North Dakota educator and politician United States Enumeration Bureau.
Climate Summary for Wahpeton, North Dakota United States Enumeration Bureau.
City of Wahpeton.
Media related to Wahpeton, North Dakota at Wikimedia Commons City of Wahpeton Wahpeton Public Schools A history of Richland County and the town/city of Wahpeton, North Dakota (1938?) from the Digital Horizons website Municipalities and communities of Richland County, North Dakota, United States State of North Dakota
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Cities in North Dakota - Wahpeton micropolitan region - Cities in Richland County, North Dakota - County seats in North Dakota - Populated places established in 1871 - Dakota toponyms - 1871 establishments in Dakota Territory
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