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Welcome to Emrick ...

Emrick is located in Wells County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Emrick, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Emrick is 1,590 feet [485 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Emrick: 701

Communities near Emrick ...

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

  • New Rockford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Fessenden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bowdon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sykeston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cathay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamberg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Bremen
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Barlow
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Barlow is located in Foster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
  • Chaseley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Guptill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Guptill is located in Foster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guptill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Emrick ...

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

Adding Emrick to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Emrick post office opened in 1895. The Emrick post office closed in 1973.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Emrick.

Footnotes ...

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