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Welcome to Coburn ...

Coburn is located in Ransom County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Coburn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Coburn is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Coburn: 701

Communities Also Named Coburn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Coburn - they are located in California, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania (2), Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Coburn ...

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

  • Lisbon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Enderlin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Kindred
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Davenport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Leonard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Sheldon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Alice
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Alice is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
  • Anselm
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Anselm is located in Ransom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
  • Woods
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Woods is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
  • Chaffee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Coburn ...

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

Adding Coburn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Coburn post office opened in 1883. The Coburn post office closed in 1897.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Coburn.

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 Coburn - 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/