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MEDICINE HILL TOWNSHIP
 T148N X R79W       
 
Latitude = 47.6388 N
Longitude = 100.7234 W
History

 

 

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

This was a rural post office established June 27, 1905 with Lafayette Maxwell pm at his home in SE 1/4 Sec. 20-148-79, Medicine Hill Twp., nine miles NE of Turtle Lake. Maxwell is an Anglo-Saxon name meaning from Maccus' pool. Macus was an ancient Celtic character whose name is derived from Marcus, in turn derived from Mars, the Roman god of war, whose name means hammer. the post office was discontinued December 31, 1912 with mail to Turtle Lake.

 

Business History
 
 

 

Schools

 

School Number 2  Section 8

Medicine Hill School Number 3  Section 11  

 

Cemeteries

No Name Cemetery  Section 33

Our Savior Cemetery  Section 34
Baptist Cemetery  Section 09  

 

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