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

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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.