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Manfred, ND
Wells County
Inhabited as of 4/06
Manfred, ND
is in Wells County, about 30 miles S of Rugby,
the geographical center of North America. Manfred
reportedly had 439 citizens in 1920, but that
declined to 70 by 1960 and a few dozen today. |
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We actually
hadn't planned on stopping in Manfred, but we
drove right by it on the way to Silva and Fillmore,
and when we saw that hotel from the highway, we
immediately decided to go to Manfred on the return
trip. It was worth it. |
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Manfred also
has a very impressive old schoolhouse, however
someone has butted a trailer home up against the
building and virtually swallowed up the entire
structure as a living space. Some of the windows
were plywood and others had bed sheets hanging
in the windows. Therefore, we didn't feel comfortable
photographing the structure. |
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There's a
very nice Manfred Museum as well, sharing a "city
block" with several vacant homes. The red
and white building pictured bottom-left appears
to have gone through a recent makeover. Due to
a photo contribution from Mark Johnson, we were
able to do a before and after animation on the
structure.
The Post Office
pictured bottom left also appears to be in very
nice condition, and there were several very well-tended
modern homes in Manfred.
It also seems
that several of the abandoned homes in Manfred
have either undergone or are undergoing upgrades,
sporting unfinished coats of primer etc... |
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Click
Here to see a county-by-county North
Dakota map of the Ghost Towns we've visited. |
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source
material - North Dakota Place Names
by Douglas A. Wick, Hedemarken Collectibles |
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Our expedition to Manfred
was also captured on GND Video Volume 3. See the
video footage on the Galleries
page.
Watch for more videos coming
soon to Ghosts Of North Dakota. |
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