Foxholm, North Dakota
Census-designated place & Unincorporated community
Abandoned Gas Station in Foxholm
Abandoned Gas Station in Foxholm
Foxholm, North Dakota is located in North Dakota
Foxholm, North Dakota
Foxholm, North Dakota
Coordinates: 48°21′55″N 101°34′20″W / 48.36528°N 101.57222°W / 48.36528; -101.57222
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Dakota
CountyWard
Area
[1]
 • Total0.96 sq mi (2.48 km2)
 • Land0.96 sq mi (2.48 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
1,677 ft (511 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total56
 • Density58.39/sq mi (22.54/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code701
GNIS feature ID2584343[2]

Foxholm is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Ward County, North Dakota, United States. Its population was 75 as of the 2010 census.[3]

Foxholm is located along U.S. Route 52, 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Minot and 76 miles (122 km) southeast of the Saskatchewan and North Dakota border at Portal, ND/North Portal, SK. Foxholm is in the Des Lacs River Valley.

A post office called Foxholm was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1967.[4] The community supposedly was named after a place in England.[5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
202056—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Foxholm, North Dakota
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  4. ^ "Ward County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  5. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1938). North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State. WPA. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-62376-033-5.
  6. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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