Wabek, North Dakota

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|official_name = Wabek, North Dakota

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|image_caption = Wabek Bar and Hotel in 2019

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|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = North Dakota

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Mountrail

|timezone = Central (CST)

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|timezone_DST = CDT

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|area_code = 701

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Wabek is an unincorporated community in the southeast corner of Mountrail County, North Dakota, United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.co.mountrail.nd.us/|title=Mountrail County, North Dakota}} Wabek was founded shortly after the Soo Line laid their railroad tracks in the coulee directly north of the village. Since its inception, Wabek has served as the heart and hub of Plaza Township, as well as two Mountrail County townships to the south: Mountrail Township and Banner Township.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalhorizonsonline.org/digital/collection/ndsl-books/id/19165/ |title=Wabek Reunion 1977}}

Landmarks

In October 2019, Wabek Consolidated School was listed on the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Register of Historic Places.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/database-research.htm|title=National Register Database and Research}} The schoolhouse was the centre-point in the community for much of the 20th century.

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Mountrail County, North Dakota