Carrington

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Carrington

Total population

2,168

Median home value

$150,600

32.2%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$77,171

Carrington$77k

National$74k

Founded

1883

Elevation484 m

Land area5.47 km²

Weather50°F · Partly Cloudy

Coordinates47.45°, -99.13°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Carrington is a city in and the county seat of Foster County, North Dakota, United States. A part of Carrington Township and Wyard Township. The population was 2,080 as of the 2020 census, and was estimated at 1,950 in 2025. Carrington is home to Dakota Growers Pasta Company, Inc.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Carrington, ND from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Jim Kleinsasser

player of American football

Larry Woiwode

American writer (1941-2022)

J

Joseph H. Robertson

range management researcher

C

Clinton James Hall

American politician – Minnesota -House 1961-66 (District 1); House 1967-68 (District 1A)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in North Dakota

• Sykeston
  12.6 mi away · pop. 114
• Cathay
  14.8 mi away · pop. 17
• New Rockford
  15.7 mi away · pop. 1,260
• Kensal
  21.4 mi away · pop. 233
• Pingree
  22.5 mi away
• Woodworth
  22.9 mi away · pop. 69
• Glenfield
  26.4 mi away · pop. 63
• McHenry
  26.6 mi away · pop. 66
• Fessenden
  26.8 mi away · pop. 433
• Bowdon
  27 mi away · pop. 90
• Hamberg
  28 mi away · pop. 3
• Pettibone
  29.5 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Carrington

North Dakota polled shorthorn show and sale

Wayne Caldwell Neely Collection of Shorthorn Cattle Catalogs · 1972

North Dakota shorthorn polled shorthorn show and sale

North Dakota Shorthorn Association · 1977

The Carrington shale facies (Mississippian) and its relationship to the scallion subinterval in central North Dakota

Peter F. Bjorlie · 1979

The Indian question

Henry Beebee Carrington · 1884

The Indian Question

Henry Beebee Carrington · 1985

The Heart of Everything that Is

Bob Drury · 2013

Alexander McKechnie

Robert H. McKechnie · 1990

History of Kensal with Kensal directory, 1910

William Snape · 1910

Search results from Open Library.