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Amidon’s story
116 years in pictures
9 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.
- 1910Amidon is settled
- 1978Distance from
- 2008Amidon, North Dakota 2
AmidonND
A town of 6, settled in 1910.
Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
6
residents
Median home value
$45K
Census ACS
Median age
73.5
years
Land area
1 sq mi
Small town
6 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
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Climate
Snowy winters, pleasant summers
Amidon has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 84°, a January night drops to 8°, and about 48 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
48″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter10–30°
Spring30–54°
Summer53–81°
Fall32–57°
Sep 29
typical first frost
May 12
typical last frost
+1.2°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Natural hazards
High risk, with cold waves at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 65% of U.S. communities.
65risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Cold wavesInland floodingHail
1
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Health
How healthy Amidon is
Amidon beats the North Dakota average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7.
32 measures vs. North Dakota
1 better24 too close to call7 worse
| What stands out | Amidon | ND |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 70.3% | 64.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.8% | 5.9% |
Southwest Healthcare Services
21 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: primary care, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
About Amidon
City in North Dakota, United States
Amidon ( AM-i-don) is a city in and the county seat of Slope County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 24 as of the 2020 census, and was estimated at 21 in 2025. Amidon was the smallest incorporated county seat at the 2000 census. It became the second-smallest incorporated county seat after Brewster, Nebraska, with a population of 17. In 2000, Amidon had 26 people to Brewster's 29. Two other unincorporated county seats are smaller: Mentone, Texas (population 19), the county seat of Loving County, and Gann Valley, South Dakota (population 10), the county seat of Buffalo County, South Dakota. It is located on U.S. 85 approximately 31 miles (50 km) north of Bowman, and is the clo…
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- Established
- 1910
- Population
- 24
- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,904 ft
- ZIP code
- 58620
- Area code
- 701
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