Wahpeton
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seat of Richland County, North Dakota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- County
- Richland
- Mayor
- Brett Lambrecht
- City
- 5.355 sq mi (13.869 km )
- Land
- 5.355 sq mi (13.869 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.000 km )
- Elevation
- 965 ft (294 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 8,115
- Density
- 1,493.9/sq mi (576.81/km )
- Urban
- 11,290
- Metro
- 22,864 (US: 490th )
- Time zone
- UTC–6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC–5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 58074, 58075, 58076
- Fips code
- 38-82660
- Highways
- ND 13 , ND 210 , ND 127
- Sales tax
- 7.0%
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Wahpeton (/ˈwɑːpɪtən/ WAH-pit-ən) is a city in Richland County, in southeast North Dakota along the Bois de Sioux River at its confluence with the Otter Tail River, which forms the Red River of the North. Wahpeton is the county seat of Richland County. The population was 8,007 at the 2020 census.
Wahpeton was founded in 1869 and is the principal city of the Wahpeton Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Richland County, North Dakota and Wilkin County, Minnesota. Wahpeton's twin city is Breckenridge, Minnesota, on the other side of the river. The Bois de Sioux River and the Otter Tail River join at Wahpeton and Breckenridge to form the Red River of the North.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wahpeton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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