Blanchard, North Dakota

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{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Blanchard, North Dakota

| settlement_type = Census-designated place

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| image_skyline = BlanchardND.jpg

| imagesize = 250px

| image_caption = Blanchard residential street

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| pushpin_map = USA North Dakota

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of North Dakota

| coordinates = {{coord|47|20|35|N|097|13|23|W|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{USA}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|North Dakota}}

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Traill

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| unit_pref = Imperial

| area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}

| area_magnitude =

| area_total_sq_mi = 0.26

| area_land_sq_mi = 0.26

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

| area_total_km2 = 0.66

| area_land_km2 = 0.66

| area_water_km2 = 0.00

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_ft = 945

| population_as_of = 2020

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| population_total = 16

| population_density_sq_mi = 62.75

| population_density_km2 = 24.25

| timezone = Central (CST)

| utc_offset = -6

| timezone_DST = CDT

| utc_offset_DST = -5

| postal_code_type = ZIP code

| postal_code = 58009

| area_code = 701

| blank_name = FIPS code

| blank_info = 38-07620{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}

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| blank1_info = 2584337{{GNIS|2584337}}

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Blanchard is a census-designated place in Blanchard Township, Traill County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 16 at the 2020 census.{{cite web|title=2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table |work=American FactFinder |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=May 2, 2011 }}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Blanchard is near the North Dakota-Minnesota border, near the junction of state highways 18 and 200.

The KVLY-TV mast was the tallest man-made structure in the Western Hemisphere until 2019. It stands near Blanchard. The mast is used to transmit television broadcasts from the Fargo station KVLY-TV and was the tallest man-made structure in the world from 1963 to 1974 and again from 1991 to 2008. Similarly, the KRDK-TV mast, the tallest man-made structure in the United States, stands {{convert|6|mi}} from Blanchard, near Galesburg.

Image:Blanchard, North Dakota.jpg|Blanchard post office

Image:KVLYFromBase.jpeg|KVLY-TV mast seen close-up