Williston, North Dakota

E579351

city

Williston, North Dakota is a small city in the northwestern part of the state known as a major hub for the Bakken oil boom and regional energy industry.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Williston, North Dakota canonical	2
Williston	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
areaCode	701 ⓘ
areaLand	approximately 21.5 square miles ⓘ
areaTotal	approximately 22 square miles ⓘ
areaWater	approximately 0.5 square miles ⓘ
averageJanuaryTemperature	well below freezing ⓘ
averageJulyTemperature	warm to hot ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
coordinateLatitude	48.1467 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude	-103.6180 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Williams County, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
demographicTrend	rapid population growth during 2000s–2010s oil boom ⓘ
economicSector	agriculture ⓘ energy services ⓘ oil and gas extraction ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 585 m ⓘ
founded	1887 ⓘ
hasFacility	Williston Area Recreation Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHospital	CHI St. Alexius Health Williston NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInstitution	Williston State College NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity	1914 ⓘ
knownFor	Bakken oil boom NERFINISHED ⓘ regional energy industry hub ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Bakken formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Williston Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern North Dakota ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Missouri River NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorHighway	North Dakota Highway 1804 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 85 NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Daniel Willis James NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestNationalPark	Theodore Roosevelt National Park (regionally nearby) NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearWaterBody	Lake Sakakawea NERFINISHED ⓘ
passengerRailService	Amtrak Empire Builder NERFINISHED ⓘ
population	approximately 30,000 (early 2020s estimate) ⓘ
populationCensus2010	14,716 ⓘ
populationCensus2020	29,160 ⓘ
postalCode	58801 ⓘ
railService	BNSF Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionalRole	service center for oilfield operations in the Bakken ⓘ trade center for northwestern North Dakota ⓘ
replacedAirport	Sloulin Field International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
schoolDistrict	Williston Basin School District #7 NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedByAirport	Williston Basin International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
sportsTeamLevel	minor league and amateur teams ⓘ
state	North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Daylight Time

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Route 85 → passesThroughCity → Williston, North Dakota ⓘ

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site → nearestCity → Williston, North Dakota ⓘ

North Dakota’s at-large congressional district → includesCity → Williston, North Dakota ⓘ

this entity surface form: Williston