Beulah, North Dakota
| Beulah | |
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| Nickname : Energy Capital of North Dakota | |
 Location in North Dakota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1914 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | North Dakota |
| County : | Mercer County |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 16 ′ N , 101 ° 47 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) |
| Residents : | 3,121 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 503.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 6.2 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 544 m |
| Postcodes : | 58523 |
| Area code : | +1 701 |
| FIPS : | 38-06660 |
| GNIS ID : | 1027971 |
| Website : | www.beulahnd.org |
| Mayor : | Darrell Bjerke |
Beulah is a city of Mercer County in the US -amerikanischen State North Dakota .
geography
Beulah is 47 ° 16'5 "north latitude and 101 ° 46'38" west longitude. The capital of the state of Bismarck is located at a distance of around 90 kilometers to the southeast. The Lake Sakakawea is 25 kilometers to the north, Interstate 94 highway about 50 kilometers south of the city.
History
The town was founded in 1913 and was named after Beulah Stinchcombe, the niece of a local rural development businessman. The area was brown coal ( Beulah lignite ) which is also in a 1984 put into operation found and mined coal gasification plant ( Great Plains Synfuels Plant is used). The city's main employer is still the Dakota Gasification Company , which operates the plant. Because of these and other energy supply companies, Beula is sometimes given the nickname "Energy Capital of North Dakota".
Demographic data
In 2010 a population of 3121 people was determined, which means an increase of 8.4% compared to 1980.
56% of the ancestors of today's residents of the city can be traced back to immigrants from Germany, around 9% came from Norway , 7% from Ireland , 6% from Russia and 3% from England . A total of 17% came from various other countries. About 2% of the population are indigenous to the people .
economy
North of Beulah is the Freedom Mine operated by NACCO . The open pit is the largest brown coal mine in the United States.
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Freedom Mine , on www.lignite.com , accessed on November 4, 2018
Web links
- epodunk history
- beulahnd.org/ Official website
- beulahnd.org/data population development
- great-plains Great Plains Synfuels Plant
- dakotagas Dakota Gasification Company
- genealogy resident origin