Blanchard is a census-designated place in Blanchard Township, Traill County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 16 at the 2020 census.
Blanchard is near the North Dakota-Minnesota border, near the junction of state highways 18 and 200.
The KVLY-TV mast was the tallest man-made structure in the Western Hemisphere until 2019. It stands near Blanchard. The mast is used to transmit television broadcasts from the Fargo station KVLY-TV and was the tallest man-made structure in the world from 1963 to 1974 and again from 1991 to 2008. Similarly, the KRDK-TV mast, the tallest man-made structure in the United States, stands from Blanchard, near Galesburg.
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Image:Blanchard, North Dakota.jpg|Blanchard post office
Image:KVLYFromBase.jpeg|KVLY-TV mast seen close-up
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Demographics
Education
It is within the Hillsboro Public School District 9.<!--UNI 09570-->
References
External links
- Interactive map showing Blanchard
- Blanchard, North Dakota - Google Maps