Origins of North Dakota place names

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: North Dakota State Library 2014
• Subjects: Albion; Baldwin; Canada; Finley; Hudson; Hudson Bay
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/16800

SHARON: A rural post office named for its township was established about 1886 in the farm home of P. T. Duncan; and his wife was appointed postmaster. The township was named by settlers from Sharon, Wise, and other original stockholders in the Sharon-Amenia Land Co. In 1896 the Great Northern R. R. was extended from Hope to Aneta, in Nelson County and the present site of Sharon in Sec. 26 was platted and the post office established there retaining its name Sharon. The village incorporated in 1909. (10, p. 785; 15, Sept. 1906, p. 44; 80) SHERBROOKE: Named for its township, which was named for a province of Quebec, Canada, which was named for Lt. Gen. Sir. John C. Sherbrooke, G.C.B. of the city of Quebec, who took a prominent part in the Hudson Bay-Northwestern Co. controversies in Canada in the early part of the 19th century. Sherbrooke was founded by D. P. Baldwin of Hope. It was platted in Oct. 1884. The post office was established Aug. 24, 1885 with Matthew Cavanaugh, postmaster; discontinued Nov. 15, 1919 and mail sent to Hope. When Sherbrooke was founded on Sec. 18, a proposed railroad was to be constructed through this townsite, but it never materialized. But being in the exact center of the county. Sherbrooke was designated the county seat until by special election Nov. 5, 1918 Finley was the selected site, and became the county seat Dec. 16, 1918. (10, p. 786; 22, 6/30/57; 80) SPAIN: Frank Stevens was commissioned postmaster June 12, 1888 of a post office which was to be established in his farm home but was never in operation. Why he chose Spain for its name is not known. (80) TARA: An inland settlement on Sec. 5-148-56 on the east side of the North Branch of the Goose River. The post office was established June 25, 1890 with Samuel Saisburg, postmaster; discontinued March 25, 1898 and mail sent to Nebro. Origin of the name not known. (80) STUTSMAN COUNTY ALBION: A rural post office established Feb. 13, 1885 in the home of the first postmaster, Fredrick B. Faucher; discontinued Dec. 16, 1896 and mail sent to Fried. Named for Albion, Mich., former home of J. J. Eddy, local farmer settling here in 1879 and county commissioner 1884 to 1893 and then elected sheriff. (38, vol. 1, no. 11, p. 18, 80) ALSOP: Established in 1875 and said to have been named for H. W. Alsop. More likely it was named for his elder brother, C. R. Al- sop, a civil and mechanical engineer of the N.P.R.R. in the 1860's, who ran the preliminary survey of the railroad's Red River crossing some miles north of Fargo, later had charge of the railroad's Brainerd shops, 299 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.