Leith (North Dakota)

Grant County

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Leith [li ː θ ] is a village in Grant County in the U.S. state of North Dakota.

The nearest major town is about 8 km northeast of the county seat location management, Carson (North Dakota) with nearly 300 residents.

History

Leith was 1909/1910 at a station along the alternative route ( McLaughlin (South Dakota ) - New England (North Dakota) ) of the network of the Milwaukee Road Railroad Company founded. The name of the "City " ( City ) guided municipality derives from the Scottish port city of Leith.

The population grew rapidly to about 150 to 175 and remained until about 1950 at this level, then they started strongly and steadily to decline. In 1984, the railroad ceased to operate. Since then, the village is relatively secluded 5 km away from the nearest highway. At the time of the census of 2010 were still living 16 people in eight households in Leith. Accordingly, the town is dominated by unused land and buildings.

2012 drew the extreme right-wing activist Craig Cobb to Leith and began to buy up additional lots in the locality. When his goal, he stated, by further influx of white supporters of White Supremacy doctrine to take over power in the city government and form a pure white settlement like-minded people by their own rules. The Mayor stated that the City Council wants to dissolve the city formally, if the risk occurs by further influx that the possibility of obtaining a majority in the Council to Cobb.