Friday, September 7, 2012

Update on Economic Activity in Killdeer, North Dakota -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Link here (regional links break early and break often).

Killdeer is about fifty-five miles from Watford City, the heart of the Bakken, and thirty-five miles from Dickinson, the center of southern ops in the Bakken.

Data points:

  • population: 800
  • in the process of five (5) annexations
  • 80 acres: new baseball diamond, park, commercial area, and apartments
  • Cobblestone Inn and Suites, 44 rooms, opened in July; largest hotel ever in Killdeer
  • city looking at whether Dunn County can support an airport
Killdeer is north of Dickinson, at the north end of the very active Murphy Creek oil field

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