Also known as Zap, North Dakota, Zap, ND
town in North Dakota
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- County
- Mercer
- Total
- 1.02 sq mi (2.64 km )
- Land
- 1.02 sq mi (2.64 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 1,844 ft (562 m)
- Density
- 217.0/sq mi (83.78/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 (MDT)
- Fips code
- 38-88140
- Website
- wrtc.com/zapnd
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Zap
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mercer County
- Population
- 221
- Area
- 2.71181
- Elevation
- 563
- Official website
- www.wrtc.com/zapnd
- Image
- Zap, North Dakota.jpg
- Households
- 64
- Dialing code
- 701
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- postal code
- 58580
- inception
- 1913-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 0.1979
- different from
- Zap
- per capita income
- 26871
- Commons category
- Zap, North Dakota
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Encyclopedic overview
Zap is a city in Mercer County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 221 at the 2020 census.
Zap was founded in 1913 along a branch line of the Northern Pacific Railway that began in Mandan. The exact origin of the name is uncertain, though there are numerous unconfirmed theories; some say the town was named after Zapp, which was either a prominent Minnesota banking family or a coal-mining town in Scotland. Zap has been noted for its unusual place name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zap” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.