Betcher, Minnesota

Betcher is a ghost town in Green Meadow Township, Norman County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

Betcher
Ghost town
Betcher
Betcher
Coordinates: 47°23′0″N 96°25′46″W[1]
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyNorman
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
56510
Area code(s)218

History

Betcher was begun as a small village at around 1900 by Arthur H. Betcher.[2] A post office was established at Betcher in 1902, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907.[3]

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
188041—
U.S. Decennial Census[4]
gollark: Well, then you can use... a non-electric car, for now.
gollark: It's not like you need most cars to be able to satisfy every eventuality.
gollark: As I sort of said, I think having a personal car around all the time which is designed for really long trips and incurs a lot of expense that way is kind of wasteful.
gollark: It could be done partly manually for now anyway.
gollark: It would be pretty good, though. You could actually replace dying parts (curse nonreplaceable phone batteries!), get upgrades as technology improves, and with eventual infrastructure support swap batteries at stations on roads or something.

References
  1. Norman County 1910. Alden Publishing Co. 1910. p. 47. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names (3rd ed.). Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 409. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  3. "Norman County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
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