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Straubville, ND
Sargent County
Vacant as of 5/05
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Straubville
is in the extreme southeastern part of North Dakota,
near the border with South Dakota. It was named
for the first settler, Joseph W. Straub, who donated
ten acres for the town site, in 1883. A Great
Northern Railroad station was founded in 1886,
and population peaked at 40.
It is empty
now, with one building appearing to be recently
boarded up. Cell service is sketchy at best. The
building pictured top-right is an abandoned home
on the outskirts of town, and the home in the
distance is the same one that's pictured bottom-right.
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Straubville
is a short distance from the major highways, and
quite secluded. The roads leading to it are unpaved
and would be quite difficult in bad weather. The
roads to approach Straubville are not well marked,
so if you go for a drive to Straubville, be alert. |
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The structure
pictured right, second from top, was a couple
of miles north of the actual Straubville townsite. |
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Although Straubville
was once a GNRR station, we didn't see any tracks,
so either they were taken out, or we just missed
them.
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The shop-looking
building pictured right, third from top, was probably
an old auto shop or general store of some type.
It's in pretty bad condition and not likely to
last many more years. A walk past the shop revealed
the home pictured bottom-left. It was hidden in
a shelter belt, and appears to be recently boarded
up. |
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The collapsed
building pictured right, fourth from top, appears
to have been a storefront of some type. It looks
like it collapsed sometime in the last decade. |
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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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