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Welcome to Manfred ...

Manfred is located in Wells County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Manfred, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Manfred is 1,600 feet [488 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Manfred: 701

Communities Also Named Manfred ...

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

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

Communities near Manfred ...

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

  • Harvey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Fessenden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bowdon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Hurdsfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Martin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Cathay
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamberg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Selz
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Selz is located in Pierce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selz
  • Bremen
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Chaseley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Manfred ...

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

Adding Manfred to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Manfred post office opened in 1894. The Manfred post office closed in 1992.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Manfred.

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 Manfred - 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/