Trotters, North Dakota
Unincorporated community
Looking north at Trotters on ND 16
Looking north at Trotters on ND 16
Trotters is located in North Dakota
Trotters
Trotters
Trotters is located in the United States
Trotters
Trotters
Coordinates: 47°19′23″N 103°55′06″W / 47.32306°N 103.91833°W / 47.32306; -103.91833
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Dakota
CountyGolden Valley
Elevation
2,421 ft (738 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
Area code701
GNIS feature ID1035220[1]

Trotters is an unincorporated community in Golden Valley County, North Dakota, United States. Trotters is located on North Dakota Highway 16, 28.3 miles (45.5 km) north of Beach. The community did not receive telephone service until 1972, and Highway 16, its only road, was paved in the 1980s.[2]

Name

Trotters was named after Francis Leighton Trotter (surname sometimes Trotters, 1865–1908), who served as the first postmaster in the community.[3][4] Trotter carried mail from Wibaux, Montana for a year without pay in order to establish the post office.[3]

History

Leonard Hall, who moved to Trotters in 1956, was the town's only resident for much of the twentieth century. Hall was the postmaster of the Trotters post office, which opened in 1904[3] and served area ranchers as far as 28 miles (45 km) away from Trotters, as few other post offices operated in the region.[5] The post office also served as the town's grocery store and gas station, and Hall lived in the back of the building. Two other buildings, a disused church and an empty abandoned structure, also stood in the town.[6] The post office closed in 1995 when Hall's poor health caused him to retire as postmaster.[7]

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Trotters has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.[8]

Climate data for Hazelton, North Dakota, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1959–2011
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 60
(16)		 66
(19)		 79
(26)		 92
(33)		 101
(38)		 106
(41)		 110
(43)		 105
(41)		 103
(39)		 93
(34)		 81
(27)		 61
(16)		 110
(43)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 48.1
(8.9)		 51.4
(10.8)		 67.0
(19.4)		 79.6
(26.4)		 86.4
(30.2)		 92.9
(33.8)		 99.8
(37.7)		 98.8
(37.1)		 93.3
(34.1)		 80.6
(27.0)		 62.8
(17.1)		 48.5
(9.2)		 102.1
(38.9)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 26.3
(−3.2)		 30.5
(−0.8)		 42.8
(6.0)		 56.4
(13.6)		 66.8
(19.3)		 75.9
(24.4)		 84.8
(29.3)		 84.4
(29.1)		 72.9
(22.7)		 56.2
(13.4)		 40.5
(4.7)		 29.3
(−1.5)		 55.6
(13.1)
Daily mean °F (°C) 16.6
(−8.6)		 20.3
(−6.5)		 31.5
(−0.3)		 43.4
(6.3)		 53.9
(12.2)		 63.2
(17.3)		 70.6
(21.4)		 69.5
(20.8)		 59.2
(15.1)		 44.4
(6.9)		 30.4
(−0.9)		 19.9
(−6.7)		 43.6
(6.4)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 6.9
(−13.9)		 10.1
(−12.2)		 20.2
(−6.6)		 30.4
(−0.9)		 41.0
(5.0)		 50.5
(10.3)		 56.3
(13.5)		 54.6
(12.6)		 45.3
(7.4)		 32.6
(0.3)		 20.3
(−6.5)		 10.5
(−11.9)		 31.6
(−0.2)
Mean minimum °F (°C) −19.2
(−28.4)		 −14.6
(−25.9)		 −2.9
(−19.4)		 13.5
(−10.3)		 25.9
(−3.4)		 38.6
(3.7)		 45.5
(7.5)		 42.5
(5.8)		 28.1
(−2.2)		 12.9
(−10.6)		 −1.1
(−18.4)		 −18.5
(−28.1)		 −26.6
(−32.6)
Record low °F (°C) −37
(−38)		 −37
(−38)		 −35
(−37)		 −7
(−22)		 16
(−9)		 29
(−2)		 38
(3)		 30
(−1)		 17
(−8)		 −3
(−19)		 −22
(−30)		 −37
(−38)		 −37
(−38)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 0.36
(9.1)		 0.41
(10)		 0.61
(15)		 1.39
(35)		 2.52
(64)		 2.80
(71)		 2.28
(58)		 1.45
(37)		 1.56
(40)		 1.29
(33)		 0.61
(15)		 0.47
(12)		 15.75
(399.1)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 5.3
(13)		 5.2
(13)		 4.7
(12)		 4.5
(11)		 1.3
(3.3)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.1
(0.25)		 3.1
(7.9)		 5.3
(13)		 5.6
(14)		 35.1
(87.45)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 7.3 6.0 7.6 8.1 12.6 13.0 9.3 7.4 7.2 7.4 6.4 7.0 99.3
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) 7.5 6.2 5.4 3.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.9 5.4 6.7 37.1
Source 1: NOAA[9]
Source 2: National Weather Service (mean maxima and minima 1981–2010)[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Trotters". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "No fast lane in tiny Trotters". The Bismarck Tribune. Associated Press. February 16, 1987. p. 1B. Retrieved December 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 3 Williams, Mary Ann Barnes (1966). Origins of North Dakota Place Names. Bismarck, ND: Bismarck Tribune. pp. 115–116. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Death of Billings County Resident". Jamestown Weekly Alert. Jamestown, ND. November 26, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved January 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ↑ Hanson, Gordon (November 13, 1981). "Solitude Erases Bitterness from Leonard Hall". Associated Press. p. 40. Retrieved December 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Salter, Peter (November 7, 1993). "Where time stands still". The Bismarck Tribune. p. 1C. Retrieved December 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Craigo, Kathy (March 4, 1995). "Closing of post office leaves void". The Bismarck Tribune. p. 5A. Retrieved December 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Climate Summary for Trotters, North Dakota
  9. ↑ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  10. ↑ "NOAA Online Weather Data". National Weather Service. Retrieved August 3, 2022.


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