Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- County
- McLean
- Commission president
- Larry Thomas
- Total
- 1.79 sq mi (4.63 km )
- Land
- 1.68 sq mi (4.36 km )
- Water
- 0.10 sq mi (0.27 km )
- Elevation
- 1,831 ft (558 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 1,289
- Density
- 771.7/sq mi (297.96/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 38-83700
- Highways
- US 83 , US 83 Bus. , ND 200 Alt.
- Website
- washburnnd.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Washburn
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- McLean County
- Population
- 1300
- Area
- 4.89193
- Elevation
- 535
- Capital of
- McLean County
- Official website
- www.washburnnd.com
- Image
- Washburn Tractor Trek.JPG
- Households
- 667
- Dialing code
- 701
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- postal code
- 58577
- inception
- 1882-00-00
- Commons category
- Washburn, North Dakota
- water as percent of area
- 4.9894
- per capita income
- 43170
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Encyclopedic overview
Washburn is a city in southern McLean County, North Dakota, United States. Located along the upper Missouri River, it is the county seat of McLean County. The population was 1,300 at the 2020 census.
Washburn was founded in 1882 near the former site of Fort Mandan, winter quarters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804–1805, near a Mandan village. The town was designated as the county seat in 1883. The city's name honors General Cadwallader C. Washburn.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Washburn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.