Gascoyne,
ND
Bowman County
Inhabited as of 5-07
Gascoyne, ND is along Highway 12 in Southwestern
North Dakota about 15 minutes east of Bowman. It's a Milwaukee
Road Railroad townsite orginally called Fischbein. The town
was founded in 1907.
Peak population was about 97 in 1930. There
appear to be 10 to 15 people in Gascoyne today. Primarily
elderly and farm families.
If you're driving Highway 12 in southwestern
North Dakota, be prepared for some very bad stretches of road
in between Gascoyne and Haynes.
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