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Welcome to Anselm ...

Anselm is located in Ransom County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Anselm, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Anselm is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Anselm lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Anselm: 701

Communities Also Named Anselm ...

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

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

Communities near Anselm ...

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

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 Anselm. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Anselm.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Anselm. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Anselm.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Anselm ...

Looking for more information about Anselm? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Anselm, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Anselm.

Adding Anselm to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Anselm 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 (so far) for Anselm was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Anselm post office opened in 1892. The Anselm post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Anselm.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Dakota's counties, including Ransom, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Anselm - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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