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Watford City
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city in McKenzie County, North Dakota, United States of America
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Within Vinony's link graph, Watford City is referenced by 302 other articles, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, North Dakota and World War I.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It is catalogued under topics including 1914 establishments in North Dakota, Cities in McKenzie County, North Dakota and Cities in North Dakota.
Its subject is documented across 38 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Dakota
- County
- McKenzie
- Incorporated
- June 1915
- Mayor
- Phil Riely
- City council
- Bethany Devlin, Carissa Suter, Chelsea Bulzomi, Lance Renville, Shilo Chavez, Steve Sanford
- Total
- 8.994 sq mi (23.294 km )
- Land
- 8.915 sq mi (23.090 km )
- Water
- 0.079 sq mi (0.204 km ) 0.88%
- Elevation
- 2,054 ft (626 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 6,207
- Density
- 691.4/sq mi (266.97/km )
- Time zone
- UTC–6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC–5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 38-83860
- Highways
- US 85 , ND 23 , ND 23 Alt.
- Sales tax
- 6.5%
- Website
- cityofwatfordcity.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Watford City
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- McKenzie County
- Population
- 6207
- Area
- 3.668767
- Elevation
- 646
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- McKenzie County
- Official website
- watford.mckenziecounty.net
- Image
- Main Street-Watford City.jpg
- Households
- 2716
- Dialing code
- 701
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- P8168
- Samak Sundaravej
- postal code
- 58854
- inception
- 1914-00-00
- Commons category
- Watford City, North Dakota
- water as percent of area
- 0.9813
- per capita income
- 40314
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Encyclopedic overview
Watford City (Hidatsa: abaʔaruʔush), founded in 1914, is a city in and the county seat of McKenzie County, North Dakota, United States. Its population was 6,207 at the 2020 census and was estimated to be 6,207 in 2024, making it the 14th-most-populous city in North Dakota. Because Watford City is part of the Bakken field, the North Dakota oil boom has significantly increased population and construction since the 2010 census.
The main offices of First International Bank and the headquarters of McKenzie Electric Cooperative are in Watford City. The local newspaper is the McKenzie County Farmer.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Watford City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.