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Welcome to Trotters ...

Trotters is located in Golden Valley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Trotters, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Trotters is 2,420 feet [738 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Trotters is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

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

Area Code for Trotters: 701

Communities near Trotters ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Trotters.

  • Knife River
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Knife River is located in Richland County (MT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River
  • Savage
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Crane
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Piche
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Piche is located in Richland County (MT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piche
  • Wibaux
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wibaux is located in Wibaux County (MT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wibaux
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 575 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wibaux <3>
  • Beach
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Beach is located in Golden Valley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beach <3>
  • Sentinel Butte
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Sidney
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sidney is located in Richland County (MT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,297 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <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 Trotters. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Trotters.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Trotters ...

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

Adding Trotters to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Trotters post office opened in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Trotters.

Footnotes ...

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