About Minot, North Dakota

Minot is a city of 48,377 people and the seat of Ward County, in the deep valley of the Souris, or Mouse, River. The Great Northern Railway chose the townsite in November 1886. Part of it was railroad scrip land, and part was the homestead Erik Ramstad had claimed in 1883. Ramstad agreed to give up his claim, and he went on to become one of the city's leaders.

Tents went up almost overnight once the track came through. Within five months more than 5,000 people lived there, so the town earned the nickname Magic City. Minot was incorporated on July 16, 1887. The Soo Line first planned to cross the river at Burlington, but local landowners gave it free right-of-way, and its line reached Minot in 1893.

  • Named for Henry MinotHenry Davis Minot, who lived from 1859 to 1890, was an ornithologist and an investor in the Great Northern. He spoke for eastern backers and was a friend of James J. Hill while the railroad was being built.
  • The bridge that fell in 1898A tornado in 1898 knocked down the wooden Gassman Coulee Bridge near Minot. A passenger train was only three minutes away and stopped just in time. Until a steel trestle was finished in 1899, wagons and buggies carried riders across the coulee to a second train waiting on the far side.
  • Little ChicagoMinot was a wide-open town from 1905 to 1920, and it was called the crime capitol of North Dakota. Attorney general William Langer worked to clean it up from 1917 to 1920. During Prohibition, though, it became a supply hub for Al Capone's liquor trade. Smugglers hid cargo from Canada in tunnels under downtown, and the city picked up the nickname Little Chicago.
  • The flood of 2011After a flood in April 1969, the Army Corps of Engineers straightened the river through town and built flood controls. In June 2011 large dam releases upstream pushed the river even higher, and about 12,000 residents had to leave their homes. The water peaked on June 26 at 1,561.7 feet, three feet over the 1881 record. More than 4,100 homes were affected, and 805 were damaged beyond repair.

Find your street

Names on the Minot map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Places and landmarks1

  • Downtown

Streets and roads147

  • North Broadway
  • Second Street Southwest
  • South Broadway Street
  • Burdick Expressway East
  • Burdick Expressway West
  • South Main Street
  • Fourth Avenue Northwest
  • 20th Avenue Southwest
  • Central Avenue West
  • Railroad Avenue Northeast
  • 20th Avenue Southeast
  • 20th Avenue Northwest
  • County Highway 12
  • 13th Street Southeast
  • Third Street Southeast
  • Second Avenue Southwest
  • Eleventh Avenue Northwest
  • 55th Street Southeast
  • Railway Avenue Northeast
  • 55th Street Northeast
  • Eighth Street Northwest
  • 16th Street Southwest
  • 21st Avenue Northwest
  • Second Street Southeast
  • 37th Avenue Southwest
  • Fourth Street Southwest
  • 42nd Street Northeast
  • 30th Avenue Northeast
  • 16th Avenue Southeast
  • 31st Avenue Southwest
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  • 30th Avenue Northwest
  • County Highway 19
  • Fifth Avenue Northwest
  • Sixth Street Southwest
  • 30th Street Southwest
  • 18th Avenue Southwest
  • 27th Street Northwest
  • Hiawatha Street Southeast
  • 31st Avenue Southeast
  • University Avenue West
  • Seventh Avenue Northwest
  • 46th Avenue Northeast
  • 19th Avenue Northeast
  • County Highway 14
  • Valley Street
  • Sixth Avenue Northeast
  • Highway 2 & 52 Bypass
  • West Central Avenue
  • Valley View Drive
  • Terrace Drive
  • Summit Drive
  • Kodiak Street
  • Ivory Street
  • Tenth
  • 36th
  • Main Street South
  • Eleventh Avenue Southwest
  • Third Avenue Northwest
  • Third Street Northeast
  • RR Avenue Northeast
  • Airport Road
  • Eighth Avenue Southeast
  • 35th Avenue Northeast
  • Mulberry Loop
  • Frontage Road
  • 13th Street Southwest
  • First Street Southeast
  • Eleventh Avenue Southeast
  • 18th Avenue Southeast
  • 27th Street Southeast
  • Fifth Avenue Southwest
  • Seventh Street Southwest
  • 19th Avenue Northwest
  • Golf Course Drive
  • 24th Avenue Northwest
  • Sixth Street Southeast
  • 21st Avenue Southeast
  • Second Avenue Northwest
  • Fifth Street Northwest
  • 16th Avenue Southwest
  • 36th Avenue Northwest
  • 17th Avenue Southwest
  • 27th Street Northeast
  • 15th Street Southeast
  • 37th Avenue Southeast
  • 19th Avenue Southwest
  • First Street Northeast
  • First Avenue Southeast
  • 35th Avenue Southeast
  • Eighth Avenue Northeast
  • Souris Drive
  • 30th Street Northwest
  • 36th Avenue Northeast
  • 28th Avenue Southwest
  • 23rd Street Southwest
  • 42nd Street Southeast
  • 35th Street Northwest
  • Park Street Southwest
  • El Rio Drive
  • Ninth Street Southeast
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • 72nd Street Northeast
  • 52nd Street Southeast
  • Glacial Drive
  • Skyline Drive
  • Railway Avenue
  • 64th Street Northeast
  • 72nd Street Southeast
  • Bluebell Drive
  • Srv Road
  • Sadie Lane
  • Sage Drive
  • 18th Avenue
  • Avenue C-D
  • Bel Air Drive
  • 900 Street
  • First Street Northwest
  • 14th Avenue Southwest
  • 35th Avenue Northwest
  • 22nd Avenue Southwest
  • Seventh Avenue Southwest
  • 23rd Street Northwest
  • 27th Avenue Northwest
  • 23rd Avenue Northwest
  • Tenth Avenue Southeast
  • 25th Avenue Northwest
  • First Avenue Northwest
  • Landmark Circle
  • 33rd Street Northwest
  • Forest Road
  • 900th Street
  • 17th Street
  • Second Street Northeast
  • Seventh Street Northwest
  • Skyline Drive Northwest
  • Avenue East
  • 32nd Avenue Northwest
  • 16th Street Northwest
  • First Street Southwest
  • Sixth Street Northeast
  • 31st Street Southeast
  • Sixth Avenue Southwest
  • 28th Street Northwest
  • Rivers Edge Drive
  • 74th Street Southeast
  • Cook Drive
  • Maple Street

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