Burnstad, North Dakota

Burnstad is an unincorporated community in Logan County, North Dakota, United States.[1]

Grain elevator in Burnstad in the late 1950s

A post office was established at Burnstad in 1907, and remained in operation until 1979.[2] The community was named for C. P. Burnstad, a cattleman.[3] Little remains of the original community.[4]

Burnstad is the nearest populated place to the Robert Abell Round Barn, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]

References

1. hometown locator
2. "Logan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
3. Federal Writers' Project (1938). North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State,. WPA. p. 286. ISBN 978-1-62376-033-5.
4. North Dakota: Counties, Towns & People. Watchmaker Publishing, Ltd. 2008. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-60386-191-5.
5. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.