Parshall (North Dakota)

Mountrail County

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Parshall or " dibiarugareesh " in the language of the natives, is a small town with the status of the City Mountrail County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. It is located within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. In Parshall the Paul Broste Rock Museum is located.

Geography

At a distance of about 160 kilometers, the state capital of Bismarck is located in a south-easterly direction. The distance to the western city of Williston is about 100 kilometers. The Van Hook Arm of Lake Sakakawea is located 10 kilometers away in the west. Through the city leads the North Dakota Highway 1804. 90 km north begins the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

Parshall Oilfield

Near the city of the Parshall oil field is located on the geologically significant Bakken Formation, which contains huge oil and gas reserves. These are obtained by the hydraulic fracturing process ( fracking ) and are in the area of Parschall the richest of its kind in the United States. Although the extraction of these mineral resources brought a certain economic and financial recovery for the region, but also has many negative effects, as the road grew very strong and impact on the environment can not be estimated.

Demography

In 2011 a population of 910 individuals was determined, which means a decrease of 7.2% compared to 2000. The average age of the residents was in 2011 with 31.6 years, well below the average of North Dakota, which was 44.8 years. 57.3 % of the population belonged at that time to various Indian tribes. In the near Parshall, so-called because of the fracking boom for busy on the Parshall oil field workers "Men - camps" set up, but do not count their residents to the city's residents.