Pillsbury, North Dakota
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Location in North Dakota
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| Foundation : | 1911 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | North Dakota | ||
| County : | Barnes County | ||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 12 ′ N , 97 ° 48 ′ W | ||
| Residents : | 24 (as of 2000) | ||
| Postal code : | 58065 | ||
| Area code : | +1 701 | ||
| FIPS : | 38-62540 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1030713 | ||
| Mayor : | Darrel Brudevold | ||
Pillsbury is a small town in the US with a population of 24. Only about eleven of the inhabitants live in Pillsbury itself, the rest of them live on surrounding farms. The median income of Pillsbury residents in 1999 was $ 10,137 and the median income for a household was $ 30,000. The median age in 2000 was 43, 21 residents were white, three were descendants of the Native Americans.
The place was named after Alfred F. Pillsbury .
Pillsbury gained international fame when no one appeared in the 2008 local elections on June 10th. Even the candidates, although there were no opposing candidates, did not vote.
Footnotes
- ↑ James MacPherson, Associated Press, “Voter turnout zero in Pillsbury”, June 16, 2008 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ US Census Bureau, Pillsbury city, North Dakota , accessed June 18, 2008
- ↑ http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=272248
- ↑ tagesschau.de, "No Time for Democracy - Imagine, there is an election and no one goes", June 18, 2008 ( Memento from June 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
