Squaw Gap, North Dakota
| Squaw Gap and West Squaw Gap, ND/MT | |
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| Coordinates: 47°29′20″N 103°55′39″W / 47.4889052°N 103.9274263°WCoordinates: 47°29′20″N 103°55′39″W / 47.4889052°N 103.9274263°W | |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | North Dakota |
| County | McKenzie County |
| Elevation | 2,280 ft (695 m) |
| Time zone | Mountain (UTC-7) |
| ZIP | 59270 |
| Area codes | +1 701 (ND) and +1 406 (MT)[1] |
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Squaw Gap is a tiny hamlet on North Dakota highway 16 in McKenzie County, extending across the Montana border as West Squaw Gap. The name refers to a local rock formation.[3]
The unincorporated village comprises a school and a community centre (the Squaw Gap Multipurpose Center). The land is rugged, with a series of buttes extending to the horizon.[4]
The McKenzie County school, which has been operating since 1904, had two students in 2006. It serves kindergarten through sixth grade.[5] A trailer on the school property houses the lone schoolmaster.
A local independent telephone exchange was inaugurated on December 15, 1971 with an NBC broadcast of a first phone call from Squaw Gap to US Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz in Washington D.C.[6] While the community was one of the last to obtain landline telephone service in the continental US, it is not considered the last as Iowa Hill, California lost its service in the 1960s, only to regain it in 2010.
References
- ↑ http://www.localcallingguide.com/lca_prefix.php?switch=SQGPNDXARS5
- ↑ http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/151354328#map=9/47.5283/-103.7755
- ↑ http://www.webfamilytree.com/North_Dakota_Place_Names/S/squaw_gap_%28mckenzie_county%29.htm
- ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/waski_the_squirrel/sets/72157605653005777
- ↑ http://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/tiny-mckenzie-county-school-hanging-on-with-two-students/article_e2832a4c-e63a-5d1c-aa25-d93212b5fc97.html
- ↑ http://www.reservation-telephone.com/history/
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