Brisbane is a ghost town

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 in what was then Morton County

Morton County, North Dakota

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 25,303 people, 9,889 households, and 6,932 families residing in the county. The population density was 13 people per square mile . There were 10,587 housing units at an average density of 6 per square mile...

 but today is Grant County

Grant County, North Dakota

-Major highways:* North Dakota Highway 21* North Dakota Highway 31* North Dakota Highway 49-National protected areas:*Cedar River National Grassland *Pretty Rock National Wildlife Refuge-Demographics:...

 in the U.S. state

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 of North Dakota

North Dakota

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. http://www.dcmemorials.com/solbergfarms/BrisbanePOApp1910.htmA 1910 application for a new post office

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] at Brisbane from the National Archives and Records Administration

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 in Washington, D.C.

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 locates Brisbane in section 9 of Township 133 north, Range 86 west. (To understand what the terms "township" and "range", please see the article Township (United States)

Township (United States)

A township in the United States is a small geographic area. Townships range in size from 6 to 54 square miles , with being the norm.The term is used in three ways....

.) An article in the Leith, North Dakota

Leith, North Dakota

As of the census of 2000, there were 28 people, 14 households, and 7 families residing in the city. The population density was 22.7 people per square mile . There were 21 housing units at an average density of 17.0 per square mile...

, Index newspaper dated March 1, 1913 states that Brisbane had been established 2 years earlier and that a general store

General store

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, a hardware and grocery store, a grain elevator

Grain elevator

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, a blacksmith

Blacksmith

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 shop and a restaurant were located there. The article also indicates that 3 schools were located in the same township.

In the spring of 1906 there were only a few people living in Brisbane vicinity. The first settlers were men, but in that year women arrived there. The attention of the first settlers was entirely given to stock raising, and no farming was done. Now all is changed and hundreds of acres of rich and fertile soil are annually producing under intelligent and careful farming, thousands of bushels of wheat oats and flax. The village of Brisbane started two years ago, and it is a hustling little town. The business interests are represented by a splendid general store owned and run by E.H. Robinson, a hardware and grocery store run by Sorum and Kindschi, and elevator managed by Martin Jacobs. There is also a blacksmith

Blacksmith

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shop, a cement block building and a restaurant building. There are three school houses in the township and all the pupils within easy reach of the schools. There are four steam breaking outfits and threshing rigs in this township and they all have plenty of work for the coming spring. This part of the country is advancing fast and every one is doing well. Quite a little dairying is being carried on in the Brisbane vicinity. (Leith Index March 1, 1913)