Blanchard, North Dakota

1

Blanchard is a census-designated place in Blanchard Township, Traill County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 16 at the 2020 census. Blanchard is near the North Dakota-Minnesota border, near the junction of state highways 18 and 200. The KVLY-TV mast, the tallest man-made structure in the Western Hemisphere, stands near Blanchard. The mast is used to transmit television broadcasts from the Fargo station KVLY-TV and was the tallest man-made structure in the world from 1963 to 1974 and again from 1991 to 2008. It is currently the fourth-tallest man-made structure in the world. Similarly, the KRDK-TV mast, the second tallest man-made structure in the United States, stands 6 mi from Blanchard, near Galesburg.

Demographics

Education

It is within the Hillsboro Public School District 9.

This article is derived from Wikipedia and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. View the original article.

Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Bliptext is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation.

Edit article