Van Hook, North Dakota

Van Hook, North Dakota
former Ghost town currently a thriving resort town
Van Hook Arm (satellite image)
Van Hook Arm (satellite image)
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Coordinates: 47°56′42″N 102°21′36″W / 47.945°N 102.36°W / 47.945; -102.36
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Dakota
CountyMountrail
Founded1914
Incorporated[1]1915
Disincorporated[2]1953
Elevation
1,850 ft (560 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code701
Websitehttp://www.co.mountrail.nd.us/visitors/van%20hook%20resort
Van Hook is located in the United States
Van Hook
Van Hook
Location in the United States

Van Hook is a thriving resort community built on the shores of Lake Sakakawea. The town was disbanded in the 1950s with the flooding of Lake Sakakawea and for a very short period of time was classified as a ghost town in the north central United States, located in Van Hook Township in Mountrail County, North Dakota. The original town site was mostly left not flooded when Lake Sakakawea was formed in the 1950s behind Garrison Dam.

The US Government forced all Van Hook residents in the 1950s to give up their homes and move to New Town. The townsite for a short period of time was abandoned. However, since most of the old townsite was never actually flooded by Lake Sakakawea, the townsite and land nearby more recently has been turned into a thriving unincorporated resort community still called Van Hook and with both a summer-only and a year-around permanent population.[2] Lake Sakakawea's Van Hook Arm gets its name from the town.

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