Saint Michael is an

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in southeastern Benson County,

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, United States, on the Spirit Lake Dakota Reservation. It lies along

North Dakota Highway 57 North Dakota Highway 57 (ND 57) is an east–west highway in North Dakota, running in Benson and Ramsey counties. It runs from U.S. Route 281 (US 281) west of Fort Totten to ND 20 near Camp Grafton. Because of its proximity to Devi ...

in Mission Township, southeast of the city of Minnewaukan, the

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. It has a

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with the ZIP code 58370.USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
/ref> According to the 2000 Census, Saint Michael was located in

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9402,

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1, and assigned blocks 1028 and 1029. The population of these census blocks was 15 and 12 people respectively.

History

Saint Michael was named after the

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Michael Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian an ...

by a group of Catholic nuns who founded a

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in the area. A

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community, it lies within the boundaries of the

Spirit Lake Reservation The Spirit Lake Tribe (in Santee Dakota: ''Mniwakaƞ Oyate'', also spelt as ''Mni Wakan Oyate'', formerly known as Devils Lake Sioux Tribe) is a federally recognized tribe based on the Spirit Lake Dakota Reservation located in east-central Nor ...

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were reported to have settled in the area as early as 1874. A post office was opened in 1932, and continues in operation today.

Notable person

Constantine Scollen Father Con Scollen OMI. (4 April 1841 – 8 November 1902) was an Irish Catholic, Missionary priest who lived among and evangelized the Blackfoot, Cree and Métis peoples on the Canadian Prairies and in northern Montana in the United States. He ...

, the famous missionary priest, was resident at St Michael from early 1887 until 1890

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Benson County, North Dakota Unincorporated communities in North Dakota Populated places established in 1874 1874 establishments in Dakota Territory