Emmet, North Dakota

Community in North Dakota, United States

Place in North Dakota, United States

47°38′47″N 101°39′13″W / 47.64639°N 101.65361°W / 47.64639; -101.65361CountryUnited StatesStateNorth DakotaCounty McLeanElevation

2,014 ft (614 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code701GNIS feature ID1028885^[1]

Emmet^[1] was a small rural community in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. It is about twelve miles west of Garrison.^[2] There is no longer anything at the location, although it may still be marked on some maps.^[3] Emmet was in existence until at least 1966.^[4]

Naming

The community was founded in 1903 with the name of Robinson (not to be confused with the current Robinson, North Dakota, which is in an entirely different location). It was renamed Emmet by Charles Laudenbeck when he took over as postmaster on 2 September 1905. He named it after his young son, Emmet.^[2]

Notable person

James Kerzman, North Dakota state legislator, rancher, and farmer, lived on a farm near Emmet.^[5] Kerzman's parents were killed when the ambulance taking his mother to hospital with a newborn daughter was involved in a collision in 1965. The fifteen Kerzman children (including the daughter Mayruth from the ambulance crash) were brought up by relatives near Emmet. Kerzman's uncle, Francis Kerzman, built an extension to his house there to accommodate them all.^[4]

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Emmet, North Dakota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ ^a ^b Joseph L. Gavett, North Dakota Immigrants: Coming to America, p. 89, Watchmaker Publishing, 2007 ISBN 1929148747.
^ Joseph L. Gavett, North Dakota: Counties, Towns & People, part 2. p. 170, Watchmaker Publishing, 2008 ISBN 1603861912.
^ ^a ^b AP, "New homes must for 15 orphans", Abilene Reporter-News, 21 November 1966.
^ 'James Kerzman,' The Bismarck Tribune, June 23, 2015