Elbowoods, North Dakota
Elbowoods | |
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| Coordinates: 47°35′31.9″N 102°09′33.3″W / 47.592194°N 102.159250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Dakota |
| County | McLean |
| Settled | 1889 |
| Established | 1893 |
| Destroyed | 1954 |
| Elevation | 1,740 ft (530 m) |
Elbowoods is a ghost town that was located in McLean County, North Dakota, United States, on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. It was founded in 1889 along the Missouri River as the agency seat for the reservation of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation. After the creation of the Garrison Dam and Lake Sakakawea, rising water levels threatened the town, slowly engulfing its buildings until the entire town was submerged in 1954.