Leipzig is a ghost town in Grant County, North Dakota, United States. The community was abandoned in 1910 when it was bypassed by the Northern Pacific Railroad.Welcome to New Leipzig, North Dakota.
City of New Leipzig, North Dakota, n.d. Web. 8 Aug. 2013.

History

The name "Leipzig" is a Slavic word that originated ''circa'' 1015 in Germany, meaning "a settlement by the lime trees." A settlement named Leipzig was founded in

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in 1844 by request of the Emperor of Austria. In 1896, 15 German-Russian Leipziger families travelled to the United States and started a new community named after their former home. In 1910, the Northern Pacific Railroad bypassed Leipzig and instead ran 11 miles to the southwest. The Leipzigers then moved their settlement to that location in May and founded New Leipzig.

References

Geography of Grant County, North Dakota Ghost towns in North Dakota Populated places established in 1896 Populated places disestablished in 1910 1896 establishments in North Dakota 1910 disestablishments in the United States {{NorthDakota-geo-stub