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Spiritwood, North Dakota

Coordinates: 46°56′03″N 98°29′36″W / 46.93417°N 98.49333°W / 46.93417; -98.49333
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Spiritwood
US Post office in Spiritwood
US Post office in Spiritwood
Spiritwood is located in North Dakota
Spiritwood
Spiritwood
Location within the state of North Dakota
Spiritwood is located in the United States
Spiritwood
Spiritwood
Spiritwood (the United States)
Coordinates: 46°56′03″N 98°29′36″W / 46.93417°N 98.49333°W / 46.93417; -98.49333
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Dakota
CountyStutsman
Area
 • Total0.88 sq mi (2.27 km2)
 • Land0.88 sq mi (2.27 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation1,480 ft (450 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total29
 • Density33.11/sq mi (12.79/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
58481
Area code701
FIPS code38-74660
GNIS feature ID2584357[2]
Spiritwood in 1925

Spiritwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in eastern Stutsman County, North Dakota, United States. An unincorporated community, it was designated as part of the U.S. Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program on March 31, 2010. It was not counted separately during the 2000 census,[3] but was included in the 2010 census,[4] where a population of 18 was reported.

It lies east of the city of Jamestown, the county seat of Stutsman County. Although it is unincorporated community, it has a post office, with the ZIP code 58481.[5]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note
202029
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

Spiritwood Industrial Park

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In 2007, ground was broken on a coal-fired cogeneration power plant, built by Great River Energy in Spiritwood Industrial Park. The industrial park, planned and funded the year before,[7] was built coincidental to expansion of the nearby Cargill Malt plant and construction of the power/steam plant was predicated on a co-located ethanol plant. After construction was completed in 2011,[8] the power plant was idled due to the recession, and need for a second steam partner (Cargill Malt being the first), after plans for the original ethanol plant fell through. In 2013, Great River Energy began construction on its own co-located ethanol plant, which would utilize the extra steam capacity of the power plant.[9] The economic upturn and the promise of a second end-user for waste steam prompted the power plant to begin commercial operations in 2012. Construction of the ethanol plant was finished in July 2015. The construction of the ethanol plant was financed, in part, with a $75,000,000 EB-5 investment, managed by CMB Regional Centers.[10][11] The ethanol plant began production in June 2015, and produced 65 million gallons of ethanol in its first year.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spiritwood, North Dakota
  3. ^ U.S. Census Bureau (2003). "Population and Housing Unit Counts, North Dakota" (PDF). 2000 Census of Population and Housing. Government Printing Office. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
  4. ^ U.S. Census Bureau (February 13, 2008). "Census Designated Place (CDP) Program for the 2010 Census—Final Criteria" (PDF). Federal Register. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
  5. ^ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  6. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  7. ^ "Officials announce energy park". Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  8. ^ "$2 billion in construction: Projects at Spiritwood". Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  9. ^ "Groundbreaking held for Spiritwood ethanol plant". Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  10. ^ "CMB - EB5 Visa". www.cmbeb5visa.com. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  11. ^ "Ethanol Producer Magazine – The Latest News and Data About Ethanol Production". www.ethanolproducer.com. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  12. ^ "Biofuels Journal (Pages 44-46)". Retrieved March 29, 2017.