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Welcome to Appam ...

Appam is located in Williams County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Appam, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1917.

Appam is 2,010 feet [613 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Appam (for example, toward Medicine Lake (MT)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Appam: 701

Communities near Appam ...

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

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

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Appam. 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 Appam.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Appam ...

Looking for more information about Appam? 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 Appam, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Appam.

Adding Appam to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Appam 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 Appam was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Appam post office opened in 1917.

We also found Appam in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Dakotas & Minnesota.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Appam.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Dakota's counties, including Williams, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Appam - 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>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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