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Van Hook Township

Van Hook is an unincorporated resort community built on the shores of Lake Sakakawea. The town was disbanded in the 1950s with the flooding of Lake Sakakawea and for a very short period of time was classified as a ghost town in the north central United States, located in Van Hook Township in , .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village
  • Description: human settlement in Mountrail County, North Dakota, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Township of Van Hook”, “Van Hook”, “Van Hook, ND”, and “Van Hook, North Dakota”

Van Hook Township

Latitude
47.9488° or 47° 56′ 56″ north
Longitude
-102.3578° or 102° 21′ 28″ west
Elevation
2,011 feet (613 metres)
Open location code
85VVWJXR+GV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9531141946
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5692737
Wiki­data ID
Q7913414
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to South Azerbaijani—“Van Hook Township” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فان هوك”
  • Chinese: “范胡克 (北達科他州)”
  • Chinese: “范胡克”
  • German: “Van Hook”
  • Persian: “ون هوک”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وان هوک، قوزئی داکوتا”

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