Colgate, North Dakota

Colgate is an unincorporated community in Steele County, North Dakota, United States. The elevation is 1,167 feet (356 m) and the ZIP Code is 58046.

Colgate
Colgate Township, North Dakota
Colgate is located in North Dakota
Colgate
Colgate
Coordinates: 47°14′41″N 97°39′23″W
Population
62[1]
ZIP Code
58046

Founding

The townsite was founded in 1882. A post office called Colgate was established in 1883, and remained in operation until 1972.[2] The community has the namesake of James Boorman Colgate, a prominent citizen who was the largest land owner with 4,000 acres (16 km2) that he bought from the Northern Pacific Railway. History of Colgate. p. 8.

Business
The Colgate Church
The Colgate Packaging Plant

Colgate has three large businesses including

  1. Tsr Parts[3]
  2. Trinidad Benham[3]
  3. Mewes farms[3]

Schooling

There was a Colgate School District. But After the school closed in 1964 children began attending schools in Hope and Page (now the Hope-Page School District).[4]

References
  1. 2020 Census
  2. Postal History
  3. "Google".
  4. List of Schools




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