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A great portion of the Balfour information is resourced in SEEDSTOCK:
An Improper History of Early BALFOUR, also North Dakota Place Names by Douglas Wick and Origins of North Dakota Place Names by Mary Ann Barnes Williams.
A 1910 township [T152 R77] and a village. The village was founded in 1898 in Section 28 of Balfour Township and named by railroad officials for Arthur, Lord Balfour, a British statesman and essayist. The post office was established 9 February 1899 with Ador Jevnager as Postmaster. The elevation is 1613, the Zip Code is 58712, and the village, which incorporated in 1921, reported a peak population of 399 in 1910, but has declined steadily to just 51 in 1980. In 2018 the population was about 27 people.
SEEDSTOCK: An Improper History of Early BALFOUR
June 1975, by Cleo Cantlon
Note: It appears there is some missing narrative at the end of the 11th page [ends with "new homes in town, since"]
and the 41st page [ends with "were hurt in combine"]. We were unable to find a complete version.
This book was downloaded from Digital Horizons, Life on the Northern Plains
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