Reeder, North Dakota

Reeder
City
An old bank in Reeder
An old bank in Reeder
Location of Reeder, North Dakota
Location of Reeder, North Dakota
Coordinates: 46°06′21″N 102°56′32″W / 46.10583°N 102.94222°W / 46.10583; -102.94222
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Dakota
CountyAdams
Founded1908
Incorporated1909
Area
[1]
 • Total0.69 sq mi (1.78 km2)
 • Land0.69 sq mi (1.78 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
2,812 ft (857 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total125
 • Estimate 
(2022)[4]
120
 • Density181.95/sq mi (70.29/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
58649
Area code701
FIPS code38-65900
GNIS feature ID1036232[2]

Reeder is a city in Adams County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 125 at the 2020 census.[3]

Reeder was founded in 1907 along the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad and named after E. O. Reeder, the railroad's assistant chief engineer.[5][6] Reeder is a stop along the old Yellowstone Trail, the first transcontinental automobile highway in the Northern United States.

A strain of wheat developed by the North Dakota Agriculture Experiment Station has been named after the town.

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Reeder, North Dakota
  3. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Wick, Douglas A. (1988). North Dakota Place Names. Bismarck, N.D.: Hedemarken Collectibles. p. 161. ISBN 0-9620968-0-6. OCLC 191277027.
  6. ^ Williams, Mary Ann (Barnes) (1966). Origins of North Dakota place names. Bismarck, North Dakota: Bismarck tribune, 1966. p. 6. OCLC 431626.