Williston, North Dakota

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Williston is a city in and the county seat of Williams County, North Dakota, United States.[1] The 2020 census[2] gave its population as 29,160, making Williston the sixth-most populous city in North Dakota. The city's population nearly doubled between 2010 and 2020, due largely to the North Dakota oil boom.

Williston's newspaper is the weekly Williston Herald. Williston is the home of Williston State College and the Miss North Dakota Scholarship Pageant.

History

Founded in 1887, Williston was named for Daniel Willis James, a merchant and capitalist, by his friend, railroad magnate James J. Hill.[3][4][5]

In 1907 Williston was the site of a rolling cyclone that killed two people.[6]

Geography

Williston is located at the crossroads of U.S. Highways 2 and 85, near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers, at the upper end of the Lake Sakakawea.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert is water.[7]

The municipality is Template:Convert from the Montana-North Dakota border and Template:Convert from the Canadian border.[8]

Climate

Williston has a cold semi-arid climate; closely bordering upon a warm-summer humid continental climate. It is part of USDA Hardiness zone 4a.[9] The normal monthly mean temperature ranges from Template:Convert in January to Template:Convert in July.[10] On average, there are 2 days that reach Template:Convert or higher, 22 days of Template:Convert+ highs, 39 days with a low of Template:Convert or below, 7 days with lows plummeting to at least Template:Convert, and 6 days that do not rise above 0 °F annually.[10] The average window for freezing temperatures is September 20 through May 21,[10] allowing a growing season of 121 days; . Extreme temperatures officially range from Template:Convert on December 23, 1983 and February 16, 1936 up to Template:Convert on July 5, 1936; the record cold daily maximum is Template:Convert on January 16, 1930, while, conversely, the record warm daily minimum is Template:Convert last set July 19, 1974.[10]

Precipitation is greatest in June and July and averages Template:Convert annually, but has ranged from Template:Convert in 1934 to Template:Convert in 1896.[10] Snowfall averages Template:Convert per season, and has historically ranged from Template:Convert in 1908–1909 to Template:Convert in 2010–2011;[10] the average window for measurable (≥Template:Convert) snowfall is October 21 through April 26, although snow in May occurs at most several times per decade and September snow is a much rarer event.[10] Due to the relative aridity, there are only 3.9 days per season where 24-hour snowfall exceeds Template:Convert.[11]

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Demographics

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Williston is in northwestern North Dakota's booming oil patch, where adequate, affordable housing has become a concern since the 2010s.[12] According to a February 2014 article in Business Insider, Williston had the highest apartment rents in the United States.[13] The 2010 census counted a population of 14,716, up from 12,680 in 2000, but the number of residents was possibly significantly higher since the count did not include those living in temporary housing. In September 2011, the mayor estimated the actual population to be 20,000 persons.[14] The aforementioned 2014 Business Insider story estimated that the population was over 30,000.[13]

As of the 2022 American Community Survey, there are 11,410 estimated households in Williston with an average of 2.39 persons per household. The city has a median household income of $80,352. Approximately 7.4% of the city's population lives at or below the poverty line. Williston has an estimated 76.8% employment rate, with 25.8% of the population holding a bachelor's degree or higher and 89.8% holding a high school diploma.[15]

The top nine reported ancestries (people were allowed to report up to two ancestries, thus the figures will generally add to more than 100%) were German (18.0%), Norwegian (15.5%), English (4.5%), Irish (4.5%), Subsaharan African (2.9%), Polish (2.4%), French (except Basque) (2.1%), Scottish (1.3%), and Italian (0.8%).

The median age in the city was 31.4 years.

2020 census

Williston, North Dakota – racial and ethnic composition
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Race / ethnicity (NH = non-Hispanic) Pop. 2000[16] Pop. 2010[17] Pop. 2020[18] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 11,622 13,428 21,049 92.89% 91.25% 72.18%
Black or African American alone (NH) 15 47 1,912 0.12% 0.32% 6.56%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 453 471 691 3.62% 3.20% 2.37%
Asian alone (NH) 30 47 545 0.24% 0.32% 1.87%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 2 4 96 0.02% 0.03% 0.33%
Other race alone (NH) 0 2 104 0.00% 0.01% 0.36%
Mixed race or multiracial (NH) 236 389 1,600 1.89% 2.64% 5.49%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 154 328 3,163 1.23% 2.23% 10.85%
Total 12,512 14,716 29,160 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

As of the 2020 census, there were 29,160 people, 11,706 households, and 6,570 families residing in the city.[19] The population density was Template:Convert. There were 14,417 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the city was 75.10% White, 6.72% African American, 2.62% Native American, 1.93% Asian, 0.33% Pacific Islander, 4.33% from some other races and 8.96% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 10.85% of the population.[20] 28.9% of residents were under the age of 18, 8.9% were under 5 years of age, and 7.9% were 65 and older.

2010 census

As of the 2010 census, there were 14,716 people, 6,180 households, and 3,589 families residing in the city. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 6,542 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the city was 92.65% White, 0.35% African American, 3.32% Native American, 0.33% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.35% from some other races and 2.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 2.23% of the population.

There were 6,180 households, of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.9% were non-families. 34.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.99.

The median age in the city was 35.5 years. 23.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 10% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.7% were from 25 to 44; 25.4% were from 45 to 64; and 14.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 51.0% male and 49.0% female.

2000 census

As of the 2000 census, there were 12,512 people, 5,255 households, and 3,205 families residing in the city. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 5,912 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the city was 93.69% White, 0.17% African American, 3.65% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.17% from some other races and 2.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 1.23% of the population.

The six leading ancestry groups in the city are Norwegian (47.8%), German (31.6%), Irish (9.6%), English (5.8%), Swedish (4.5%), Dutch (4.3%) and French (4.0%).

There were 5,255 households, of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.4% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.0% were non-families. 34.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.96.

The age distribution was 25.6% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,962, and the median income for a family was $38,713. Males had a median income of $29,578 versus $18,879 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,656. About 11.3% of families and 13.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.1% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

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Gas station at Farmers' Cooperative in Williston, 1941. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott.
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Pumping oil and flaring gas near Williston, July 2021

Williston's economy, while historically based in agriculture and especially ranching, is increasingly being driven by the oil industry. The Williston Basin, named after the town, is a huge subterranean geologic feature known for its rich deposits of petroleum, coal, and potash.

Williston developed over the Bakken formation, which by the end of 2012 was predicted to be producing more oil than any other site in the United States, surpassing even Alaska's Prudhoe Bay, the longtime leader in domestic output in the nation.[21] The oil boom has been spurred here by the development of new technologies—such as fracking—which enabled extraction from areas previously inaccessible.

In 1995, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated that there were 150 million barrels of oil "technically recoverable" from the Bakken shale. In April 2008, the number was said to be about four billion barrels; in 2010 geologists at Continental Resources, the major drilling operation in North Dakota, estimated the reserve at eight billion. In March 2012, after the discovery of a lower shelf of oil, it announced a possible 24 billion barrels. Although current technology allows for extraction of only about 6% of the oil trapped Template:Convert beneath the earth's surface, recoverable oil might eventually exceed 500 billion barrels.[21]

Williston has seen a huge increase in population and infrastructure investments during the last several years with expanded drilling using the fracking petroleum extraction technique in the Bakken Formation and Three Forks Groups.[22] Examples of oil industry-related infrastructure investments are the multi-acre branch campus of Baker Hughes and the Sand Creek Retail Center.

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Williston Amtrak Station

A major regional grain elevator is served by the BNSF Railway. Williston's livestock arena has weekly auctions.

Forts Union and Buford, as well as the nearby confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers west of the city, associated with the history of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and development of the fur trade and frontier—are destinations for area tourism. Williston is also comparatively close to the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Arts and culture

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Sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places include:

Library

The first Williston Public Library was completed in town in 1911, opening February 27, 1911, and it operated as the only facility until 1983. In the early 1990s the city began to address the issue of probable demolition of this aged building to replace it with one meeting modern needs.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Williston Public Library serves as the public library for all of Williams County. The library also has a bookmobile that serves rural schools and retirement home communities.[26]

Sports

  • Williston Keybirds of North Dakota American League Baseball.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • The Williston Oilers played as members of the Mandak League from 1954 to 1957, winning the 1956 league championship.[27][28] The Oilers played minor league home games at Ardean Aafedt Stadium.[29]
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Parks and recreation

  • Eagle Ridge Golf Club – an 18-hole golf course.
  • Williston Municipal Golf Course – a nine-hole golf course.
  • Williston Area Recreation Center – a Template:Convert recreation center, built in 2014, that features indoor surfing, golf simulators, a water park, tennis and basketball courts, turf fields, and an indoor track.[30]

Education

The Williston Basin School District 7 serves the entire city, with Williston High School as its public high school.

Previously the majority of the city limits was in Williston Public School District 1 while some parts were in Williams County Public School District 8 (formerly New Public School District 8, elementary only).[31] The two districts merged into Williston Basin on July 1, 2021.[32]

Trinity Christian School is a private K–12 school, and St. Joseph Catholic School (of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bismarck) a private K–6 school.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Williston State College was founded in 1961 as the University of North Dakota—Williston. It is a two-year public college in the North Dakota University System. Students can earn associate degrees, and transfer to the state universities offering four-year programs and degrees.

Media

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A woman photographed in Williston in 1937 by Russell Lee

Print

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Infrastructure

Transportation

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US 2 and US 85 at Williston

Williston Basin International Airport opened in 2019, replacing Sloulin Field International Airport.[33]

Amtrak serves a station in Williston via its Empire Builder, a once-daily train in each direction between Portland, Oregon/Seattle, Washington, and Chicago.

US 2 runs through the city. US 85 bypasses the city to the northwest, and US 85B bypasses the city to the northeast. ND 1804 runs through the southern portion of the city.

Demand response service is provided by Northwest Dakota Public Transit.[34] There is no fixed-route bus service in the city.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Health care

Williston clinics include Craven-Hagan Clinic, Fairlight Medical Center, and Trinity Community Clinic-Western Dakota.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Mercy Medical Center provides 24-hour emergency and trauma care, and features the Leonard P. Nelson Family Cancer Treatment Center.[35]

Notable people

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See also

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