| Summary: | GENERAL INFORMATION LOCATION McVille is located in the south central part of Nelson County in east central North Dakota. With respect to major North Dakota cities, it lies 125 miles northwest of Fargo; 70 miles west of Grand Forks; and 80 miles north of Valley City. North Dakota State Highway #15 runs east and west through McVille which connects with north-south State Highways #1 and #32. The Great Northern Railroad serves the community. BRIEF HISTORY The country surrounding McVille was settled in the early 1880's. In 1906 McVille originated in its present location with the coming of the Great Northern Railway. It rates among the oldest settled sections of North Dakota outside of the Red River Valley. McVille has shown steady progress since its founding. It is noted for business and medical establishments and for the grain, livestock and farm produce services it renders to the surrounding agricultural area. Located near the Sheyenne River with its beautiful wooded banks and towering hills, this country was favored by the Indians long before the first white settlers came. McVille was fortunate in having a newspaper almost from its beginning. Telephone communications were established on July 26, 1906. The first school was opened in the fall of that year. One would have difficulty recognizing the lonely settlement of 1906 with the modern, progressive McVille of today. TOPOGRAPHY, POPULATION & ELEVATION Nelson County is composed of three distinctly different areas: Glacial Till Plains, Sheyenne Terrace and Outwash Plains, and the Sheyenne Valley. They were caused by extensive glacial action during the Mankato substage of the Wisconsin Ice Sheet. The Glacial Till Plain is the most extensive and occupies over 75 per cent of the area in the county. McVille itself is located on a glacial ridge about two miles wide that provides an unlimited supply of excellent water and good drainage. The surrounding area contains some of the finest farming land in the state. The 1960 census showed a population of 551 and the estimated 1965 population was 712. McVille has an elevation of 1480 feet. Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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