Napoleon (North Dakota)
Napoleon is located in Logan County and has about 700 inhabitants ( 2009), the largest town of the county as well as its administrative headquarters.
History
Napoleon was founded in 1884 in what was then Dakota Territory. It was the village after Napoleon Goodsill, the first shopkeeper in the place named. The infrastructure, which had Goodsill launched was wearing at immensely to the overall settlement of the Logan County. In 1885 took a district court in Napoleon on the job. In addition, in the same year a post office, a newspaper publisher and a first hotel created. In 1886 was founded by George A. Bryant with the Napoleon Homestead, a newspaper publisher, which continues to this day. The current circulation is about 1700 pieces.
1898 reached the railway Napoleon. With her more and more settlers arrived in the village and a number of companies and stores shot up "like mushrooms ". With the reinforced since the railway connection influx of people into the promising for agriculture Near Napoleon, the town developed more and more into a major regional trade center.
Infrastructure
Napoleon is located 596 m above sea level and has an area of approximately 2.12 km2. Bismarck, the capital of North Dakota is located, approximately 125 kilometers north-west. The nearest large city is Minneapolis. The largest city in the neighboring state of Minnesota is located southeast distance approximately 647 km.
Demography
Almost all the inhabitants of Napoleon are white Americans (99.8%), with about two-thirds of German descent. In 2000, the median household income in the U.S. was $ 36,042 per year. With an average age of 50.2 years, the population of the village is heavily outdated, especially since the average age of 36.2 years, North Dakota is 14 years lower. Napoleon therefore perceived as a typical retirement community.
In 1980, with around 1,100 inhabitants significantly more populated than today, Napoleon today are struggling with the same problems as many small, predominantly agricultural towns in the Midwest of the United States which are faced with a strong rural exodus for around 30 years. In this regard, taking the population of Napoleon for many years continuously. During the 1990s the population of Napoleon has decreased by about 8%. It is also assumed that the population of the town alone has decreased between 2000 and 2005 by a further 12 %. Since 2005, further comprising a population decline of about 6 % took place.
The rural-urban migration is a process that applies to all of North Dakota, which has since 1980 lost according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, about 71,000 of its rural population.
Lately Napoleon but pleased again propagated to the influx of young people, wherein many are former residents who had lived for some time elsewhere.
Policy
The city council consists of six members of Napoleon and the mayor. The current mayor of Napoleon 's Kyle Haas ( 2011).
Attractions and Tourism
The currently used as a district courthouse was completed in 1937 and is now recognized as a national historical monument. The Near Napoleon is popular with anglers and hunters. In this regard, there are numerous forests in the region and waters.
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46.504722 - 99.766944Koordinaten: 46 ° 30 'N, 99 ° 46 ' W
- Place in North Dakota
- County Seat in North Dakota
- Logan County ( North Dakota)
- Location in North America