Welcome to Van Hook ...

Van Hook is located in Mountrail County<1>.

Van Hook was founded in 1914 and was incorporated in 1915.

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

Note: If you travel south from Van Hook (for example, toward Halliday), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Van Hook: 701

Communities near Van Hook ...

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

• New Town
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
  • New Town is located in Mountrail County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,625 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Town <2>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to New Town
  • From Van Hook to New Town
• Parshall
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parshall
  • Parshall is located in Mountrail County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,174 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parshall <2>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Parshall
  • From Van Hook to Parshall
• Plaza
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaza
  • Plaza is located in Mountrail County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plaza <2>
• Charging Eagle ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Charging Eagle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charging Eagle
  • Charging Eagle is located in McLean County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Charging Eagle
  • From Van Hook to Charging Eagle
• Shell Creek ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shell Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
  • Shell Creek is located in McLean County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Shell Creek
  • From Van Hook to Shell Creek
• Sanish
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanish
  • Sanish is located in Mountrail County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sanish
  • From Van Hook to Sanish
• Four Bears Village
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Bears Village
  • Four Bears Village is located in McKenzie County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Four Bears Village
  • From Van Hook to Four Bears Village
• Independance ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Independance. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independance
  • Independance is located in Dunn County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Independance
  • From Van Hook to Independance
• Belden
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
  • Belden is located in Mountrail County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Belden
  • From Van Hook to Belden
• Lucky Mound ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lucky Mound. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Mound
  • Lucky Mound is located in McLean County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lucky Mound
  • From Van Hook to Lucky Mound

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Van Hook ...

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

Adding Van Hook to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Van Hook was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Van Hook post office opened in 1915.

We also found Van Hook on a map titled Rand McNally Map of North Dakota (1937).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Van Hook.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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