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Welcome to Rival ...

So far, we found very little information about Rival. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Rival to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rival, please Contact Us.


Rival would have been located within present day Burke County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Rival, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Rival, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1907.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Rival is 1,950 feet [594 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Rival was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Rival, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Central Standard Time Zone (CST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

If Rival still existed, it would have been in the (701) area code.

Communities Also Named Rival ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rival - it's located in Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rival.

Communities near Rival ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rival.

  • Bienfait
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bienfait
  • Bowbells
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowbells have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowbells
    • Bowbells is located in Burke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowbells <6>
  • Roche Percee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roche Percee came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roche Percee
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roche Percee <6>
  • North Portal
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Portal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Portal
  • Portal
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Columbus
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbus have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
    • Columbus is located in Burke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <6>
  • Noonan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Flaxton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flaxton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaxton
    • Flaxton is located in Burke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flaxton <6>
  • Larson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larson have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larson
    • Larson is located in Burke County
  • Northgate
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rival. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rival.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rival. See our Newspapers Page for Rival.

Adding Rival to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rival in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Rival was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Rival post office opened in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rival.

The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Rival, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of North Dakota's counties, including Burke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rival - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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