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EAST WIPRUD TOWNSHIP
 T148N X R80W       
 
Latitude = 47.6388 N
Longitude = 100.8512 W
History

 

 

Towns / Cities
All Information from the Book "North Dakota Place Names" by Douglas A Wick
Casey / Wiprud

This was a rural post office established September 3, 1902 as Casey with Mary B. Casey pm. Casey is a Celtic name meaning valorous. It was located in SW 1/4 Sec. 17-148-80, Wiprud Twp., eight miles north of Turtle Lake on the SW shore of Crooked Lake. On July 25, 1904 Stener T. Wiprud a native of Norway became pm, changing the name to Wiprud, and he along with his brother operated the facility along with a country store until 1914 when mail went to Turtle Lake.

 

Business History
 
 

 

Schools

Crooked Lake School Number 3  Section 14

School Number 2  Section 29

 

 

Cemeteries

Saint Olaf's Lutheran Cemetery  Section 31

 
 

 

Churches

Saint Olaf Church  Section 30  
   

 

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