Hanks, North Dakota
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Hanks is an unincorporated community in Williams County, North Dakota, United States.
Geography
Hanks is located on North Dakota Highway 50, and has the latitude of 48.603° N, and the longitude of −103.802° W.
The elevation is 2,116 feet (645 m), and is located in the Central Time Zone.
History
Hanks was founded in 1916 along a Great Northern Railway branch line that ran from Stanley to Grenora. The name honors W.F. Hanks, a banker from Powers Lake.{{cite web|last=Wick|first=Douglas A.|title=Hanks (Williams County)|url=http://www.webfamilytree.com/North_Dakota_Place_Names/H/hanks_%28williams_county%29.htm|work=North Dakota Place Names|accessdate=8 May 2011|archive-date=January 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112055923/http://www.webfamilytree.com/North_Dakota_Place_Names/H/hanks_(williams_county).htm|url-status=dead}}
Hanks disincorporated in 1992.{{cite web | title = Boundary Changes | url = https://www.census.gov/popest/data/historical/1990s/boundary_changes/38.html}}
According to a 2008 report, Hanks had only one inhabitant.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/magazine/09dakota.html?pagewanted=all | title=Not far from forsaken | work=The New York Times | date=9 April 2006 | accessdate=25 October 2015 | author=Rubin, Richard}} The town was included in the National Geographic article The Emptied Prairie, published in January 2008.{{cite news|last=Bowden|first=Charles|title=The Emptied Prairie|url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/01/emptied-north-dakota/bowden-text|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216002603/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/01/emptied-north-dakota/bowden-text|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2008|accessdate=8 May 2011|newspaper=National Geographic|date=January 2008}}
{{US Census population
|align=left|1930= 213
|1940= 192
|1950= 115
|1960= 78
|1970= 13
|1980= 10
|1990= 11
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|footnote=[https://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/ U.S. Decennial Census]
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Notable people
References
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{{Williams County, North Dakota}}
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Category:Former municipalities in North Dakota
Category:Unincorporated communities in Williams County, North Dakota
Category:Unincorporated communities in North Dakota
Category:Populated places disestablished in 1992
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