Bowbells, North Dakota

• Burke County Tribune
  

  Thursday, July 15, 2010 Massive Fish Kill at Short Creek Dam Cause Still Unknown- Board Seeking Answers By Kiara Crosby A pungent odor of decaying fish with a slight hint of sulfur mixed in makes for one foul inhale of breath at the Short Creek Dam Recreation area just north of Columbus.

• The Westhope Standard
  

  Thursday, July 15, 2010 In the evening hours of Thursday, June 24, 2010, straight line winds blew over a Ward Williston Company workover rig four miles southwest of Lignite, North Dakota.

• Around the Region: Former mayor ste.....
  

  Following the passing of the gavel to new mayor Mark Brehm, J.R. Gibbens stepped quietly to the back of the room for the first time in 24 years and watched the city council go about its business with the new mayor at its helm.

• Pool Pool
  

  Thursday, July 08, 2010 POOL PROBLEMATIC Bowbells Rec. asking for suggestions on new pool By Kiara Crosby During the peek of warm weather days many folks have been asking, "Why isn't the Bowbells Pool open yet?" Well, according to the Rec Board the pool shall remained closed this summer "due to unforeseen structural damage." "This is not what we ...

• Storm brings hail to some areas of .....
  

  A number of areas in northwest and northcentral North Dakota had hail as a result of the storm Thursday night which went into early Friday morning.

City Description

Bowbells is a city in Burke County, North Dakota in the United States. It is the county seat of Burke County. The population was 406 at the 2000 census (down from its 1990 population of 498). The Voice of America (VOA) noted that Burke County was the "fastest-shrinking county in the nation" (as of 2005). The city of Bowbells was founded in 1898 and incorporated in 1906. Bowbells is about 20 km (12 miles) south of the Canadian border, just off a 90-degree bend in U.S. Highway 52 and along the Canadian Pacific Railway, a railway serving the SunPrairie Grain grain terminal there. It is located approximately 52 miles northwest of Minot, North Dakota, the nearest city with an international airport (MOT) and 30 miles north of Stanley, North Dakota, the nearest passenger train station. Farmers in the area produce crops such as barley, canola, flax, oats, peas, sunflowers, durum and Hard Red Spring Wheat. There have been substantial oil wells in the area and thus oil-related businesses, including drilling, service and distribution businesses. The town is home to a Lutheran, a Methodist, and a Roman Catholic church. Some of the businesses in the town include an implement dealership, a gas

City Contained By:

• Burke County
• North Dakota

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 2.07199048827 km squared

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