Burnstad, North Dakota

Grain elevator in Burnstad in the late 1950s

Burnstad is an unincorporated community in Logan County, North Dakota, United States.[1]

A post office was established at Burnstad in 1907, and remained in operation until 1979.[2] The community was named for C. S. Burnstad, a cattleman.[3] Little remains of the original community.[4]

Burnstad is the nearest populated place to the Robert Abell Round Barn, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]

References

  1. ↑ hometown locator
  2. ↑ "Logan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1938). North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State,. WPA. p. 286. ISBN 978-1-62376-033-5.
  4. ↑ North Dakota: Counties, Towns & People. Watchmaker Publishing, Ltd. 2008. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-60386-191-5.
  5. ↑ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

Coordinates: 46°23′08″N 99°37′57″W / 46.38556°N 99.63250°W / 46.38556; -99.63250


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