Welcome to Trotters ...

Trotters is located in Golden Valley County<1>.

The location of Trotters has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

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.<3> In other words, the altitude 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 leave Trotters and travel east, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Trotters is within the boundaries of the (701) area code.

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)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knife River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knife River
  • Knife River is located in Richland County (MT)
• Savage
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
  • Savage is located in Richland County (MT)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Savage <4>
• Crane
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
  • Crane is located in Richland County (MT)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crane <4>
• Piche
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piche
  • Piche is located in Richland County (MT)
• Wibaux
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wibaux have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wibaux
  • Wibaux is located in Wibaux County (MT)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 575 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wibaux <4>
• Beach
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
  • Beach is located in Golden Valley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beach <4>
• Sentinel Butte
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sentinel Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel Butte
  • Sentinel Butte is located in Golden Valley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sentinel Butte <4>
• Sidney
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
  • Sidney is located in Richland County (MT)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,297 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <4>

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 for Trotters was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Trotters.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Trotters. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/