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Leal
North Dakotacity
Leal
Total population
23
Median home value
$0
Bachelor's+
Median income
$70,500
Founded
1892
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Leal is a city in Barnes County in the state of North Dakota. The population was 27 at the 2020 census. Leal was founded in 1892. The name comes from the Scots word for "faithful," which in the phrase laund o the leal means Heaven.
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History
Scottish-English emigrants from Ontario, Canada, originally settled in this area in 1883. The townsite of Leal was platted in 1892, and a post office established December 28, 1892. Officials with the Soo Line Railroad established a station here in 1902. Leal incorporated as a village in 1917 from part of Edna Township. It became a city in 1967, after the North Dakota Legislature eliminated incorporation titles for villages and towns. As a result, all incorporated municipalities in North Dakota automatically adopted a city form of government.
Geography
Leal is located in Edna Township in the northeastern part of Barnes County. It is west of Fargo, and the nearest city is Rogers. Due to its location in the Great Plains and distance from both mountains and oceans, the city has an extreme continental climate, USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 4. The lowest temperature ever recorded was on December 23, 1983, and the highest temperature ever recorded was on July 30, 2006.
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Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
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Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Leal, ND from NOAA NWS API.
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Schools
Largest nearby schools
- BARNES COUNTY NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Wimbledon · 172 students · 9.1:1 ratio
- BARNES COUNTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Wimbledon · 76 students · 15.2:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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Notable people from here
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Nearby places in North Dakota
- Rogers5.7 mi away · pop. 26
- Dazey7.9 mi away
- Wimbledon8.1 mi away
- Sanborn12 mi away · pop. 103
- Spiritwood Lake12.8 mi away
- Courtenay14.5 mi away
- Spiritwood14.5 mi away
- Hannaford15.6 mi away · pop. 77
- Sibley18.2 mi away · pop. 20
- Valley City19.3 mi away · pop. 6,541
- Luverne20.5 mi away · pop. 52
- Sutton21.5 mi away · pop. 16
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Recent natural events nearby
- Wildfire Twin Butte Ck, Corson, South DakotaWildfires · 2026-07-27 · 200 mi
Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).
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Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • NASA EONET