Nash is a

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and

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Walsh County Walsh County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,563. Its county seat is Grafton. History The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on May 2, 1881, with areas partitioned from ...

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, United States. Its population was 32 as of the 2010 census. The

is located in Farmington Township, northwest of Grafton. Nash was designated as part of the

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's Participant Statistical Areas Program on March 31, 2010. It was not counted separately during the 2000 Census, but was included in the 2010 Census, where a population of 32 was reported.

History

Nash was founded in 1890 as a station along the Great Northern Railroad and named for the Nash brothers, pioneer settlers in the area who operated a fruit store in Grafton and started what is now the

Nash Finch Company The Nash Finch Company was a Fortune 500 company based in Edina, Minnesota, United States. The company was involved in food distribution to private companies, primarily independent supermarkets, and military commissaries; and the operation of ret ...

, the third-largest food wholesaler in the United States.

Geography

Nash is located at (48.470556, -97.513056). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 32 people, 12 households, and 9 families in the CDP. The

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was . There were 13 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.8%

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, and 6.3% from other races.

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of any race were 28.1% of the population. There were 12 households, of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were

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living together, 16.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 8.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 25.0% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.11. The median age in the CDP was 37.5 years. 25.0% of residents were under the age of 18; 12.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 15.6% were from 25 to 44; 37.5% were from 45 to 64; and 9.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the CDP was 50.0% male and 50.0% female.

References

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