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Welcome to Burt ...

Burt is located in Hettinger County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Burt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

Burt is 2,380 feet [725 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Burt is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Burt lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Burt (for example, toward Flasher), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Burt: 701

Communities Also Named Burt ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Burt - they are located in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Burt ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Burt.

  • Mott
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Mott is located in Hettinger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 714 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mott <3>
  • Elgin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • New Leipzig
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Regent
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Johnson Ford ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Johnson Ford is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
  • Leith
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Leith is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leith
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
  • Carson
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Lefor
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lemmon
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Lemmon is located in Perkins County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemmon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lemmon <3>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Burt ...

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

Adding Burt to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Burt 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 Burt was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Burt post office opened in 1911. The Burt post office closed in 1975.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Burt.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Dakota's counties, including Hettinger, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Burt - 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/