Origins of North Dakota place names

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: North Dakota State Library 2014
• Subjects: Hannah; Hazlett; Josephine; Pacific; Postville
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/16778

J. D. Hazlett, a real estate dealer purchased a tract of land between these two railroad stations, platted a townsite and named it VEDA for his daughter. Because of the confusion resulting from the usage of three names and the nearness of each of the stations to the others, the three towns merged into one, on Sec. 13 and 14, Kingston Twp. adopting the name Geneseo for its name. (76; 80) GOETZ: See GENESEO. GRABALL: See LINTON. GWINNER: Settlement began at this Northern Pacific Ry. station on Sec. 23, Whitestone Twp. organized as a village in 1900. The railroad townsite officials named it for Arthur von Gwinner, a stockholder of the railroad and president of the Deutsche Bank of Berlin, Germany, which was largely interested in the Northern Pacific Ry. Co. finances at the time. The post office was established May 15, 1901 in the store which Albert N. Carlson operated. His wife Josephine A. was the appointed postmaster. (1, p. 748; 76; 80) HAMLIN: An inland village bordering the Wild Rice River on the SEl/4 Sec. 11-131-53 was known as POSTVILLE for it was on land owned by Ezra Post, the first white settler in the county, having come with his family in June 1879. Postville was a half-way station or stopping place for the overland traveler, with a store and blacksmith shop. A post office named HERMAN was established April 18, 1880 in the store operated by John Herman and the appointed postmaster, Ezra Post. John Herman, a Civil War veteran, known as "Honest John" became one of the first county commissioners. Mail came 40 miles by carrier from Wahpeton. County lines changed and townships organized and on March 4, 1883, the post office name was changed to HAMLIN for its newly named township with John Her- man, postmaster. The township was named by settlers from Hamlin Twp. Eaton County, Mich. After the town of Milnor on the Northern Pacific Ry. was founded, mail came from there. (78, p. 38; 80) HAMPLE: A rural post office established Feb. 9, 1897 in the home of postmaster, Hannah S. E. (Mrs. Gus) Hample on Sec. 30. Verner Twp. (later named Hample Twp.); discontinued July 14, 1905 and and mail sent to Oakes, Dickey County. (80) HARLEM: Founded in 1885; named for its township, which was named for Harlem, N. Y.; incorporated as a village in 1888. The post office was established March 8, 1887 with Frank E. Kindall, postmaster; discontinued April 30, 1912. Harlem was once a thriving town, it being the branch terminus of the C. M. & St. P. Ry., however, it declined after 1900 when the Northern Pacific built a branch line from Mihior to Oakes. In the fall of 1923, the rails were removed 277 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.