Williston (North Dakota)

Williams County

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Williston is a city and administrative headquarters simultaneously ( County Seat) of Williams County in the U.S. state of North Dakota.

Geography

Williston is located at 48 ° 9'23 " north latitude and 103 ° 37'41 " west longitude. At a distance of about 260 kilometers, the state capital of Bismarck is located in a south-easterly direction. The Lake Sakakawea begins 10 km to the southeast of the confluence of the Yellowstone River and Missouri River is located 35 kilometers west. The roads connecting U.S. Highway 2 and U.S. Highway 85 intersect in the city. The Sloulin Field International Airport is located on the northern outskirts. 30 km west of the U.S. state of Montana, 80 kilometers north begins the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

History

The city was founded in 1887 and was named after Daniel Willis James, the Supervisory Board of the Northern Pacific Railway was.

Some buildings of Williston were added to the National Register of Historic Places, including the historic armory, the historic post office building and the James Memorial Library.

Gallery

Historic Post Office Building

James Memorial Library

Economy

Originally Williston was an agricultural region. As has been noted, however, that the geologically significant Bakken formation is under the city, the spaciously extends to Canada, began a huge upturn in the industry. The rock is oil and gassy and can be recycled after the hydraulic fracturing process ( fracking ). Should the global oil demand persist or rise and be the extraction of oil from rock economically feasible, a further expansion of production facilities is expected and an increase in the number of inhabitants in Williston to more than 30,000 people within the shortest time possible.

Demography

In the 2010 U.S. census, a population of 14,718 people was determined, which represents an increase of 18.5 % over 2000. For 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population at 16,006. The average age of the residents was in 2010 with 35.5 years, well below the average of North Dakota, which was 44.8 years.

The most authoritative immigration groups during the beginnings of the town came to 47,8% in Norway to 31.6 % in Germany and 9.6% from Ireland.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Darlene Hooley, politician
• Mimi Weddell, Actress