Blanchard, North Dakota

Blanchard, North Dakota
Census-designated place
Blanchard residential street
Blanchard, North Dakota Location within the state of North Dakota
Coordinates: 47°20′35″N 097°13′23″W
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
County	Traill
Area [1]
• Total	0.26 sq mi (0.66 km^2)
• Land	0.26 sq mi (0.66 km^2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km^2)
Elevation [2]	945 ft (288 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	16
• Density	62.75/sq mi (24.25/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	58009
Area code	701
FIPS code	38-07620[3]
GNIS feature ID	2584337[2]

Blanchard is a census-designated place in Blanchard Township, Traill County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 16 at the 2020 census.[4]

Blanchard is near the North Dakota-Minnesota border, near the junction of state highways 18 and 200.

The KVLY-TV mast, the tallest man-made structure in the Western Hemisphere, stands near Blanchard. The mast is used to transmit television broadcasts from the Fargo station KVLY-TV and was the tallest man-made structure in the world from 1963 to 1974 and again from 1991 to 2008. It is currently the fourth-tallest man-made structure in the world. Similarly, the KRDK-TV mast, the second tallest man-made structure in the United States, stands 6 miles (9.7 km) from Blanchard, near Galesburg.

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  Blanchard post office
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  KVLY-TV mast seen close-up

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2010	26		—
2020	16		−38.5%
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

Education

It is within the Hillsboro Public School District 9.[6]

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blanchard, North Dakota
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. "2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File". American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 2, 2011.^[dead link‍]
5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
6. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Traill County, ND" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 1, 2024. - Text list

External links

• Interactive map showing Blanchard
• Blanchard, North Dakota - Google Maps