Origins of North Dakota place names

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• Published: North Dakota State Library 2014
• Subjects: Clifford; Cummings; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Moen
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/16818

settled June 20, 1871. The name was changed to Bloomfield March 24, 1879. The name is descriptive, suggested to Rev. Ostlund by the view he had all summer of his fields and the prairies where so many wild flowers bloomed. Rev. Ostlund was the first resident minister in Traill County. He v/as also one of the first county commissioners. The post office was discontinued July 10, 1882. (11, p. 252; 80) BUXTON: Named by Budd Reeve, the founder and townsite owner, in honor of his friend and business associate, Thomas J. Buxton, banker and city treasurer of Minneapolis, Minn. On completion of the St. P., Mpls. & Manitoba (now the G.N.R.R.) to this point Budd Reeve platted the townsite in Nov., 1880 on Sec. 25-148-51, erected an elevator, hotel and several business blocks-. The post office was established Nov. 8, 1880 with Arne A. Moen, postmaster. (11, p. 253; 38, vol. 1, no. 8, p. 20; 80) CALEDONIA: Originally known as GOOSE RIVER post office for it was near the Goose River. The post office was established Nov. 2, 1871 with George E. Weston, postmaster, who settled here in 1870, and operated a Hudson Bay Company Post for a time. In 1871 Asa Sargeant and C. M. Clark purchased this trading post and erected the first buildings here, founding the first town in the county. The post office name v/as changed to GOOSE RAPIDS April 22, 1872 with Asa Sargeant, postmaster. So named for its nearness to the rapids of the Goose River at the junction of the Red River. When Traill County was organized Feb. 23, 1875 Goose Rapids was designated the county seat and remained so until 1890, when changed to Hillsboro by vote. Goose Rapids was renamed Caledonia on July 8, 1875 for its township, which was named for Caledonia County, Vermont, the former home of Asa Sargeant and other early settlers. George E. Watson was commissioned postmaster of the Caledonia post office. The plat of Caledonia on Sec. 15 was filed Aug. 8, 1875. (38, vol. 1, no. 8, pp. 18-19; 80) CLIFFORD: A Great Northern R. R. station on Sees. 27-28 Norman Twp., in the southwest corner of the county, established in 1881 and believed to be named for Clifford F. Jacobs of Hillsboro who helped promote the town. Andrew Swaren and his brother George erected the first building on the townsite in 1882. The post office was established in it Feb. 15, 1883 with George Swaren, postmaster. (11, p. 253; 19, vol. 13, no. 3; 80) COMSTOCK: See HILLSBORO. CUMINGS: See CUMMINGS. CUMMINGS: Platted by F. L. Comfort in 1880 on Sec. 30 of Irvine Twp., and named for Henry Cumings, a Great Northern Rwy. em- 317 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.