Hanks, North Dakota

Hanks
Unincorporated community
Hanks Hanks Location within the state of North Dakota
Coordinates: 48°36′12″N 103°48′11″W / 48.60333°N 103.80306°WCoordinates: 48°36′12″N 103°48′11″W / 48.60333°N 103.80306°W
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
County	Williams
Elevation	2,116 ft (645 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)

Hanks is an unincorporated community in Williams County, North Dakota, United States.

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1930	213		—
1940	192		−9.9%
1950	115		−40.1%
1960	78		−32.2%
1970	13		−83.3%
1980	10		−23.1%
1990	11		10.0%
U.S. Decennial Census

Geography

Hanks is located on North Dakota Highway 50, and has the latitude of 48.603° N, and the longitude of −103.802° W. The elevation is 2,116 feet (645 m), and is located in the Central Time Zone.

History

Hanks was founded in 1916 along a Great Northern Railway branch line that ran from Stanley to Grenora. The name honors W.F. Hanks, a banker from Powers Lake.^[1]

Hanks used to be incorporated until it disincorporated in 1992.^[2]

According to a 2008 report, Hanks had only one inhabitant.^[3] The town was included in the National Geographic article The Emptied Prairie, published in January 2008.^[4]

Notable people

• A. R. Shaw, educator and legislator^[5]

References

1. Wick, Douglas A. "Hanks (Williams County)". North Dakota Place Names. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
2. "Boundary Changes".
3. Rubin, Richard (9 April 2006). "Not far from forsaken". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
4. Bowden, Charles (January 2008). "The Emptied Prairie". National Geographic. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
5. 'North Dakota Centennial Blue Book 1889-1989, Ben Meier (editor), North Dakota Legislative Assembly, Biosgraphical Sketch of Arch Shaw, pg. 411