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Freda Township is a township in Grant County, North Dakota, United States. Its population as of the 2000 Census was 12. It lies in the eastern part of the county along the Cannonball River.
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Map of Freda, ND 58569, USA
History
Freda Township is named after Freda Van Sickle, the daughter of a railroad foreman working on the Milwaukee Railroad. The identically named town of Freda was once a major population center in the township, with a population of 50 in 1920.
The township was founded after the county was organized in 1916, and had a peak population of 178 during the 1930 U.S. Census.
A meteorite displayed at the Smithsonian Institution's American Museum of Natural History was discovered here in 1919.
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Freda Township, Grant County, North Dakota Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA