Spotlight on Fryburg, ND

From wiki:  

A reader tells me the population of Fryburg, ND, is about twenty people. Don't ask how this came up in conversation. [Back in 2012, Fryburg was also mentioned on the blog back on May 20, 2012. At that time, too, it was noted that the google maps were wrong with regard to location of Fryburg.]

Fact check.

Google search:

Not only are folks not sure which county Fryburg is in (Billings County or Stark County) there is a huge difference of opinion regarding the population.

One reader suggests twenty people.

One "google hit" suggests 800 people in "the" Fryburg that is located in Stark County, ND.

The "preferred" internet/google answer is 23,133 people in "the" Fryburg that is located in Billings County, ND.

Here is a photo of downtown Fryburg (the one probably located in Billings County):

At 23,133, Fryburg would be the seventh largest city in North Dakota, beating out Dickinson (22,882), Mandan (22,301), Jamestown (15,289), and, Watford City (6,912). This is data from the US Census (no year indicated; perhaps the 1900 census).