Ada Township, Dickey County, North Dakota

Coordinates: 45°59′13″N 98°18′50″W / 45.98694°N 98.31389°W / 45.98694; -98.31389
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Ada Township, North Dakota
FIPS code
38-00300[2]
GNIS feature ID1036744[3]

Ada is a

1900 was 232.[5]

History

Ada Township was first settled in the early 1880s. Originally part of Weston Township, which at the time covered two survey townships in Townships 129 and 130N, Range 61W.[6] Ada was organized around 1900 from the southern of the two townships and the northern one was renamed Kent Township.[5][7]

The village of

Silverleaf, built in 1887, is located 7 miles east of Ellendale, and was once the major population center in the township.[7] The town reported around 25 residents in the late 1910s,[8] and never seemed to exceed more than 50. It is little more than a ghost town today.[9]

The village served a flag station for the

silverberry bushes found in the area,[9] but others attribute the naming to a joke played by an early settler, Dan Keenan. Keenan reportedly removed the label from a tin of "Silverleaf" lard and nailed it to a boxcar parked at the station.[10]

Notable person

John E. Skogland (1879 – 1940) was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1925 to 1926.[7][11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Ada township, Dickey County, North Dakota". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Ada Township" (PDF). CenStats Databases. Retrieved January 31, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)[dead link]
  5. ^ a b U.S. Census Bureau (1901). "Population of North Dakota" (PDF). Twelfth Census of the United States: 1900. Government Printing Office. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
  6. ^ U.S. Census Bureau (1893). "Population of North Dakota" (PDF). Eleventh Census of the United States: 1890. Government Printing Office. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
  7. ^
    Ellendale, ND
    : Dickey County Historical Society. pp. 129–135 & 233.
  8. Denver, Colorado
    : The Clason Map Co. 1917. p. 30.
  9. ^
    OCLC 191277027
    .
  10. OCLC 431626
    .
  11. ^ Dakota Lawmakers Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, North Dakota Legislative Council

External links

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