Pick City is a city in Mercer County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 123 at the 2020 census. Pick City was founded in 1946 and named after Lewis A. Pick, director of the Missouri River office of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It overlooks the Garrison Dam.
History
Due to frequent floodings in the area during the previous decades, the Bureau of Reclamation and Army Corps of Engineers both agreed that a solution had to be found. They decided to invest in a dam that aimed to capitalize off of the local water sources to produce hydroelectric power and irrigate land in the nearby basin to ease agriculture. On top of that, they also promoted the creation of a city to oversee said dam, which would be platted as "Pick City" in July 1946 . The city was inhabited by people from all over the U.S. which benefitted from the project.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.