Welcome to Wild Rice ...

Wild Rice is located in Cass County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wild Rice, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

Wild Rice is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

The area code for Wild Rice: (701)

Communities Also Named Wild Rice ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wild Rice - it's located in Minnesota.

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

Communities near Wild Rice ...

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

• Fargo
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
  • Fargo is located in Cass County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 125,209 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fargo <3>
• Moorhead
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moorhead have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
  • Moorhead is located in Clay County (MN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,016 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moorhead <3>
• West Fargo
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Fargo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fargo
  • West Fargo is located in Cass County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,194 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Fargo <3>
• Dilworth
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dilworth have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilworth
  • Dilworth is located in Clay County (MN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,452 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dilworth <3>
• Horace
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
  • Horace is located in Cass County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,128 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horace <3>
• Barnesville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
  • Barnesville is located in Clay County (MN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,622 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barnesville <3>
• Glyndon
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glyndon
  • Glyndon is located in Clay County (MN)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,385 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glyndon <3>
• Mapleton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
  • Mapleton is located in Cass County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,282 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mapleton <3>
• Harwood
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
  • Harwood is located in Cass County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harwood <3>
• Kindred
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kindred have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kindred
  • Kindred is located in Cass County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 802 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kindred <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 Wild Rice. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wild Rice.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wild Rice ...

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

Adding Wild Rice to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wild Rice 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 Wild Rice was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Wild Rice post office opened in 1884.

We also found Wild Rice in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wild Rice.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Cass County: www.co.cass.nd.us/

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