Beulah (North Dakota)

Mercer County

38-06660

Beulah is a city of Mercer County in the U.S. state of North Dakota.

Geography

Beulah is located at 47 ° 16'5 " north latitude and 101 ° 46'38 " west longitude. At a distance of around 90 kilometers, the state capital of Bismarck is located in a south-easterly direction. The Lake Sakakawea is 25 kilometers to the north, Interstate 94- Highway, about 50 kilometers south of the city.

History

The city was founded in 1913 and was named after Beulah Stinchcombe, the niece of a businessman working in the local land development. In the area of lignite was ( Beulah lignite ) found and removed, which is also used in a 1984 put into operation coal gasification plant ( Great Plains Synfuels Plant). Main employer in the town is still the Dakota Gasification Company, the plant operator. Because of these and other energy companies Beula is sometimes given the nickname " Energy Capital of North Dakota ."

Demographic data

In 2010 a population of 3121 persons was determined, which represents an increase of 8.4 % over the year 1980.

The ancestors of the present inhabitants of the city go to 56% to immigrants from Germany back around 9 % came from Norway, 7% from Ireland, 6% from Russia and 3% from England. For a number of other countries came from a total of an additional 17 %. About 2 % of the population date back to Native.